Makhaya Ntini – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Born6 Jul 1977

Age49 Years

NationalitySouth African

RoleBowler / Right arm fast

BattingRight Hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Fast

Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	101	699	9.84	48.57	390	3.23
ODI	173	199	8.65	66.77	266	4.53
T20I	10	10	5	90.9	6	9.31
T20	61	30	5	69.76	67	7.41
List A	275	328	7.45	0	388	4.5
First-class	190	1284	9.44	0	651	3.23

Debuts

Test South Africa vs Sri Lanka, Cape Town 19 Mar 1998

ODISouth Africa vs New Zealand, Perth 16 Jan 1998

T20I South Africa vs New Zealand, Johannesburg21 Oct 2005

T20Eastern Cape vs WP Boland, Gqeberha 13 Apr 2004

Family

RelationsThando Ntini (Son), Thandeki Ntini (Spouse)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
Test	101	116	45	699	32	9.84	1439	48.57	104	8	25
ODI	173	47	24	199	42	8.65	298	66.77	16	6	30
T20I	10	4	2	10	5	5	11	90.9	2	0	2
T20	61	12	6	30	11	5	43	69.76	5	0	7
List A	275	85	41	328	42	7.45	0	0	0	0	50
First-class	190	221	85	1284	34	9.44	0	0	0	0	40

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W	10W
Test	101	190	3472.2	11242	390	13/132	28.82	3.23	18	4
ODI	173	171	1447.5	6559	266	6/22	24.65	4.53	4	0
T20I	10	10	32	298	6	2/22	49.66	9.31	0	0
T20	61	61	214.3	1591	67	4/16	23.74	7.41	0	0
List A	275	0	2175.3	9810	388	6/22	25.28	4.5	6	0
First-class	190	0	5839.5	18868	651	–	28.98	3.23	27	5

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Indian Premier League	9	11	11	11.00	61.11	7	6.91
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	4	4	4	–	200.00	2	9.08
ICC Champions Trophy	8	1	1	1.00	20.00	14	4.67
ICC Cricket World Cup	13	29	14	5.80	103.57	16	4.07

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
New Zealand	1	5	5	5.00	83.33
India	2	5	4	–	125.00
Australia	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Australia	2	2	84	42.00	12.00	21.00
West Indies	3	2	57	28.50	6.33	27.00
Bangladesh	1	1	31	31.00	15.50	12.00
India	2	1	76	76.00	9.50	48.00
New Zealand	1	0	21	–	10.50	–
England	1	0	29	–	7.25	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
New Zealand	5	54	42	18.00	94.74
Pakistan	9	43	16	8.60	62.32
Australia	11	36	11	6.00	51.43
England	7	22	10	4.40	51.16
Sri Lanka	8	14	7	3.50	70.00
Bangladesh	1	8	8	8.00	72.73
India	3	7	5	2.33	38.89
Zimbabwe	1	1	1	1.00	50.00
West Indies	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Pakistan	25	49	992	20.24	4.85	25.04
Australia	25	39	1161	29.77	6.87	26.00
New Zealand	22	37	859	23.22	5.43	25.68
West Indies	18	27	691	25.59	4.67	32.89
Sri Lanka	20	27	750	27.78	4.80	34.74
India	20	25	717	28.68	6.03	28.52
England	14	20	557	27.85	5.37	31.10
Bangladesh	8	18	248	13.78	3.48	23.72
Zimbabwe	11	15	407	27.13	4.15	39.20
Ireland	3	4	58	14.50	3.05	28.50

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
England	25	175	32	12.50	49.16
Australia	25	152	28	9.50	48.41
West Indies	14	95	22	9.50	51.91
Sri Lanka	16	85	16	6.54	42.50
India	11	70	23	10.00	53.85
New Zealand	11	67	21	9.57	56.30
Pakistan	10	47	18	7.83	42.73
Bangladesh	4	8	5	4.00	29.63

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
England	34	70	2405	34.36	3.63	56.81
West Indies	26	63	1738	27.59	3.26	50.73
Australia	29	58	2015	34.74	3.52	59.28
New Zealand	21	46	1160	25.22	2.99	50.65
Pakistan	18	41	987	24.07	3.19	45.34
India	18	36	1043	28.97	3.76	46.28
Sri Lanka	22	35	1043	29.80	3.13	57.11
Bangladesh	16	35	573	16.37	2.55	38.54
Zimbabwe	6	6	278	46.33	3.09	90.00

Last 9 innings · batting

14vs ETS

6*vs KNT

0*vs WI-M

1vs IND-M

6vs IND-L

0vs SL-L

1vs IND-L

8vs SL-L

4*vs IND

List A vs ETS20 Sep 2026 · lbw b A Gopolan 14(19) T20 vs KNT23 Nov 2025 · Not out 6*(4) T20 vs WI-M11 Mar 2025 · Not out 0*(2) T20 vs IND-M1 Mar 2025 · b S Binny 1(2) T20 vs IND-L10 Sep 2022 · b MM Patel 6(6) T20 vs SL-L19 Mar 2021 · lbw b N Kulasekara 0(1) T20 vs IND-L13 Mar 2021 · c M Gony b V Kumar 1(5) T20 vs SL-L8 Mar 2021 · b N Kulasekara 8(16) T20I vs IND20 Sep 2007 · Not out 4*(2)

Last 10 innings · bowling

1/27vs ETS

1/26vs KNT

4/16vs SWD

2/34vs WI-M

1/37vs ENG-M

0/36vs SL-M

0/27vs ENG-L

1/52vs IND-L

1/27vs SL-L

2/26vs BAN-L

List A vs ETS20 Sep 2026 1/27 T20 vs KNT23 Nov 2025 1/26 T20 vs SWD21 Nov 2025 4/16 T20 vs WI-M11 Mar 2025 2/34 T20 vs ENG-M3 Mar 2025 1/37 T20 vs SL-M26 Feb 2025 0/36 T20 vs ENG-L4 Jul 2024 0/27 T20 vs IND-L10 Sep 2022 1/52 T20 vs SL-L19 Mar 2021 1/27 T20 vs BAN-L15 Mar 2021 2/26

About Makhaya Ntini

Makhaya Ntini Biography

Makhaya Ntini a former South African cricketer born on 6th of July,1977. He is a right arm fast bowler. “George” as he is fondly called, is the first ethnically black cricketer to represent South Africa in all formats of the game.

Background

In his early days, Ntini was recognized for his bowling ability and unique action. The 15-year old was given an opportunity in a small tournament held in King William’s town.

From bowling barefooted to quickly getting into South Africa Under-19 team within a span of just 2 years is a prize for his jaw dropping bowling.

Debut

He made Test debut in the year 1998 against Sri Lanka in Cape Town, while his ODI debut came in the same year against New Zealand at WACA, Perth.

He sealed his place in the side after 2 years of debut in 2000 bowling in tandem with Shaun Pollock.

Rise to glory

His first glory came at Lord's in 2003, when he took 10 wickets to become first South African to achieve such feat.

In 2006, he crushed Australia in an ODI with best figures of 6-22 for any bowler playing for South Africa.

He is the third South African bowler to take 300 test wickets after Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock. His 350th test victim was Alastair Cook in the year 2008.

Club cricket

He represented Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League for the first 3 seasons (2008-10) and was a part of English county team Kent.

Retirement

Ntini retired from international cricket in the year 2009 after playing his last Test against the English and ODI against the Australians. However he played his last international game (T20) in the year 2011 against India.

Coaching

He was appointed as an assistant coach for Zimbabwe in the year 2016 and later on became the interim head coach after the sacking of Dav Whatmore. He resigned the post of head coach in January 2018.

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