Justin Ontong
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Full name | Justin Lee Ontong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Paarl, Cape Province, South Africa | 4 January 1980|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Rowdy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 282) | 2 January 2002 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 28 November 2004 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 64) | 28 April 2001 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 7 November 2008 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 33) | 18 January 2008 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 14 January 2015 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 14 (previously 23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1997/98–2003/04 | Lions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008/09–2017 | Cape Cobras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 January 2015 |
Justin Lee Ontong (born 4 January 1980) is a former South African cricketer, who played domestic cricket for the Cape Cobras. He has played two Test matches, 26 One Day Internationals and twelve Twenty20 Internationals as an all-rounder.[1]
Cricketing career
Ontong began his
He toured Pakistan with the South Africa under-19 team in February 1999, and then Ireland and Scotland with the South Africa Academy later that year. He played for a South African Invitation XI against the touring England team in January 2000, and was a member of the South Africa A squad that went to the West Indies in August and September 2000.
His first elevation to the full South African squad came with the tour of the West Indies in early 2001, where his quiet demeanour earned him the nickname "Rowdy" from his teammates.[2] He made his international debut in the first ODI in Jamaica, scoring 11 at number nine and bowling five overs. He went on to play in six of the seven matches in the series, but recorded just 13 runs and two wickets in total.
He played a further One Day International in
Ontong has continued to play intermittently for South Africa in
He returned his best bowling figures of 4/66 against
In 2004–05, Ontong moved to the newly formed
Following brilliant form for Cape Cobras in the 2011–12 season, he got a national call-up to South Africa's Twenty20 and 50-over side against New Zealand, at the expense of the experienced Graeme Smith.[4]
In August 2017, he was named in
References
- ^ [1] Cricinfo, 3 January 2015
- ^ Cricinfo player page
- ^ Ontong to lead Cobras
- ^ Justin Ontong recalled to limited-overs squads ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2012
- ^ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.