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Justin Ontong

South Africa

Full name Justin Lee Ontong

Born January 4, 1980, Paarl, Cape Province

Current age 32 years 39 days

Major teams South Africa, Africa XI, Boland, Cape Cobras, Lions, South Africa A

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	2	4	1	57	32	19.00	155	36.77	0	0	8	0	1
ODIs	26	15	1	167	32	11.92	248	67.33	0	0	15	1	13
T20Is	3	2	0	20	14	10.00	28	71.42	0	0	0	0	0
First-class	139	225	14	8205	166	38.88			18	48			104
List A	183	155	21	3647	122*	27.21			1	25			73
Twenty20	61	52	9	880	59*	20.46	718	122.56	0	2	66	30	26

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	2	3	185	133	1	1/79	1/123	133.00	4.31	185.0	0	0
ODIs	26	16	538	396	9	3/30	3/30	44.00	4.41	59.7	0	0
T20Is	3	1	12	25	1	1/25	1/25	25.00	12.50	12.0	0	0
First-class	139		9896	5166	125	5/62		41.32	3.13	79.1		1
List A	183		3306	2597	59	3/29	3/29	44.01	4.71	56.0	0	0
Twenty20	61	42	492	674	24	3/27	3/27	28.08	8.21	20.5	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v South Africa at Sydney, Jan 2-5, 2002 scorecard
Last Test	India v South Africa at Kolkata, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	West Indies v South Africa at Kingston, Apr 28, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI	South Africa v Bangladesh at Potchefstroom, Nov 7, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Jan 18, 2008 scorecard
Last T20I	South Africa v Australia at Centurion, Mar 29, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	Cape Cobras v Knights at Cape Town, Feb 2-5, 2012 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Cape Cobras v Warriors at Cape Town, Dec 9, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Titans v Lions at Centurion, Apr 8, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Cape Cobras v Trinidad & Tobago at Chennai, Oct 4, 2011 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0/44, 25, 3/25	Cape Cobras	v Knights	Cape Town	2 Feb 2012	First-class
19, 2, 1/21	Cape Cobras	v Titans	Paarl	26 Jan 2012	First-class
60, 1/15, 33*, 2/55	Cape Cobras	v Dolphins	Pietermaritzburg	12 Jan 2012	First-class
20	Cape Cobras	v Knights	Kimberley	5 Jan 2012	First-class
0/8, 68, 0/6, 0	Cape Cobras	v Warriors	Paarl	27 Dec 2011	First-class
146	Cape Cobras	v Lions	Cape Town	15 Dec 2011	First-class
37*	Cape Cobras	v Warriors	Cape Town	9 Dec 2011	List A
-	Cape Cobras	v Dolphins	Cape Town	30 Nov 2011	List A
65*	Cape Cobras	v Warriors	Cape Town	25 Nov 2011	List A
48, 0/16	Cape Cobras	v Knights	Bloemfontein	23 Nov 2011	List A

Profile

Justin Ontong started off as a batsman, but then also added offbreaks, quicker balls and wrong'uns to make himself a more useful cricketer. Four years after making his first-class debut, Ontong got an opportunity to make his first Test, in Sydney in January 2002, but the occasion was mired in controversy, with Ontong at its unwitting centre. It emerged that Percy Sonn, the SA Board president, had overruled the selectors and insisted on the inclusion of Ontong, a Cape Coloured, ahead of Jacques Rudolph. It would be nearly three years before he earned another opportunity in Tests, but he eventually returned to the squad for the trip to India in November 2004. However, the return was short-lived as he again failed to establish himself in a strong batting order and he had to wait until early 2008 for another recall when he was named to face West Indies. A strong 2008 domestic season, during which he was the Cobras' leading run-scorer, saw Ontong included for the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 in India in 2009.
Cricinfo Staff October 2009