Makhaya Ntini

Makhaya Ntini
Ntini in 2009
Personal information
Full name
Makhaya Ntini
Born (1977-07-06) 6 July 1977 (age 47)
KwaMdingi, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa
NicknameThe Mdingi Express
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
RelationsThando Ntini (son)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 269)19 March 1998 v Sri Lanka
Last Test26 December 2009 v England
ODI debut (cap 47)16 January 1998 v New Zealand
Last ODI17 April 2009 v Australia
ODI shirt no.16
T20I debut (cap 9)21 October 2005 v New Zealand
Last T20I9 January 2011 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1995/96–2003/04Border
2004/05–2012/13Warriors
2005Warwickshire
2008Chennai Super Kings
2010Kent
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 101 173 190 275
Runs scored 699 199 1,284 328
Batting average 9.84 8.65 9.44 7.45
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 32* 42* 34* 42*
Balls bowled 20,834 8,687 35,039 13,053
Wickets 390 266 651 388
Bowling average 28.82 24.65 28.98 25.28
5 wickets in innings 18 4 27 6
10 wickets in match 4 0 5 0
Best bowling 7/37 6/22 7/37 6/22
Catches/stumpings 25/– 30/– 40/– 50/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 August 2017
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Men's Cricket
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur List-A cricket

Makhaya Ntini OIS (born 6 July 1977) is a South African former professional cricketer, who played all forms of the game. He was the first black player to play for the South African national cricket team.[1] Ntini was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the only ICC trophy the country has won to date.

He reached second place in the ICC Test match bowling ratings and was the third South African cricketer to take 300 Test cricket wickets, after Shaun Pollock and Allan Donald. In December 2017, his son Thando Ntini was named in South Africa's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[2] He played his last match against India in 2011.

  1. ^ Moonda, Firdose (9 January 2011). "Ntini was more than a cricketer". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022. He represented something far more special, partly because he was the first black African cricketer to play for South Africa and partly because he bore the responsibility that came with that with such dignity and grace that South Africans of all colour embraced him.
  2. ^ "Raynard van Tonder to captain South Africa at 2018 ICC U19 World Cup". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2017.