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| Full name | Makhaya Ntini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1977-07-06)6 July 1977 (age 48) KwaMdingi,King William's Town,Eastern Cape, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Mdingi Express | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armfast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Thando Ntini (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 269) | 19 March 1998 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 26 December 2009 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 47) | 16 January 1998 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 17 April 2009 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 9) | 21 October 2005 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 9 January 2011 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1995/96–2003/04 | Border | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004/05–2012/13 | Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Chennai Super Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Makhaya NtiniOIS (born 6 July 1977) is a South African former professionalcricketer, who played all forms of the game. He was the firstblack player to play for theSouth African national cricket team.[1] Ntini was a member of the South Africa team that won the1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy.
He reached second place in theICC Test match bowling ratings and was the third South African cricketer to take 300Test cricket wickets, afterShaun Pollock andAllan Donald. In December 2017, his sonThando Ntini was named inSouth Africa's squad for the2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[2] He played his last match againstIndia in 2011.
A genuine fast bowler, his fastest recorded delivery was measured at 151 kph (around 94 mph).[3]
Ntini was born in Mdingi, a village in the Eastern Cape province, which is nearKing William's Town.[4] He was discovered by aBorder Cricket Board development officer, who was setting up a mini-cricket programme. Although Ntini was both too old and too big to participate in the programme the officer, Raymond Booi, noticed the bared-footed cowherd's enthusiasm and talent for bowling. He lent the 15-year-old Ntini a pair ofplimsolls and arranged for him to participate in a net session in King William's Town. Ntini impressed Booi, who contacted Greg Hayes, the head of the development programme. The pair placed Ntini in a junior cricket festival inQueenstown and Hayes purchased Ntini his first pair of boots for the festival, but later had to give the young bowler instructions not to wear them indoor or when herding cattle.[5]
Two years later, he was selected to tourEngland with theSouth Africa Under-19 squad and played all five of the youth internationals. England dominated bothOne Day Internationals (ODIs) during the tour, with the South Africans only managing to take onewicket across the two matches, which fell toPierre Joubert.[6] In the Test series, which England won 2–0, Ntini claimed nine wickets, the second-most by a South African bowler.[7] His bowling wasexpensive, coming at a rate of 4.53 runs per over: more than any other South African with the exception ofMark Boucher, who is best known as awicket-keeper.[7][8]
After two matches for Border against the touringKenyans,[9] Ntini made hisFirst-class cricket debut in November 1995, facing anEngland XI.[10] He claimed two wickets in England's onlyinnings as Border were beaten comprehensively.[11]
In his debut season, Ntini claimed 17 wickets at anaverage of 37.05 in First-class competitions.[12] His best performance in an innings came againstFree State, when he claimed three wickets for 49 runs (3/49) during his 17 overs.[13] He again toured with the national Under-19s in March and April 1996, touringIndia, where he played three youth Tests and one of the three ODIs. After claiming five wickets in the first Test[14] and none in the second,[15] Ntini displayed his talent in the third match, taking 6/53 in the first innings and 3/48 in the second innings.[16]
Ntini returned to the South African side for a Sharjah tournament in 2000. His improvement was clear as he bowled with greater control.
In 2003, he became the first South African to take 10 wickets atLord's. His best performance,[citation needed] however, came when Ntini took 13 wickets for 132 runs against theWest Indies in thePort of Spain on 12 April 2005. This remains the most wickets taken by a South African cricketer in a Test match. On 3 March 2006, Ntini also achieved the best bowling figures by a South African in an ODI, demolishingAustralia with 6 wickets for 22 runs. A popular figure in South African sport, Ntini was voted their favourite sportsman in a research poll conducted by theSouth African Press Association.[17] For his performances in 2006 and 2007,[18] he was named in the World Test XI by ICC. He was also named in the World Test XI by ESPNcricinfo.[19]
Ntini went on to establish himself asSouth Africa's premier fast bowler and one of the leading fast bowlers in the world. In February 2009, he was ranked as the world's fifth-best Test bowler behindMuttiah Muralitharan,Dale Steyn,Stuart Clark andMitchell Johnson, but had dropped to being 25th-best ODI bowler, according to theICC rankings.[20]
On 20 January 2007, Ntini dislodgedMohammad Sami to take his 300th Testwicket in his 74th Test. On 1 August 2008, he removed England openerAlastair Cook to claim his 350th Test wicket in his 90th Test.
Ntini played his 100th Test on 17 December 2009, becoming the only black South African cricketer to reach that mark. SponsorsCastle Lager promised every fan in attendance a free beer in celebration on the day he took his first wicket and he duly obliged on the second day when he bowledAndrew Strauss of England. However, after already having lost his place in the ODI side, he was dropped from the Test side after poor performances against England.
Ntini retired from all forms of international cricket in aT20I against India[21] on 9 January 2011.[22]
To date, Ntini is one of only three players to have played more than 100 Test matches without scoring a 50.[23]Courtney Walsh andNathan Lyon are the others.
During his career, Ntini took 22 five-wicket hauls. As of 2020, he ranks joint seventeenth among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers (joint withAllan Donald,Malcolm Marshall andDaniel Vettori), and joint second in the equivalent list for South Africa, alongsideDonald and behindDale Steyn.[24]
Ntini's career looked like coming to an early end in 1999 when he was charged and then convicted of rape, although he was finallyacquitted.[25][26] The case caused controversy in South Africa, with his conviction generating negative publicity in view of his status as the first black South African Test cricketer. Ntini maintained his innocence, was acquitted on appeal and rebuilt his international cricket career.[27] Ntini thankedCricket South Africa for sticking by him.[22]
On 17 July 2020, while onSABC 2'sMorning Live, Ntini detailed the allegedracism he experienced throughout his career. He claimed other players would not sit with him during meals and said he "was forever lonely" in the Proteas team. Ntini further stated that he used to run to the stadium and back to hotels to avoid being lonely on the team bus. Ntini's comments came shortly after fellow South African cricketerLungi Ngidi called for the national team to show support towards theBlack Lives Matter movement.[28]
In January 2016, Ntini was appointed as the assistant coach of theZimbabwean national cricket team with a two-year contract.[29] Following the sacking of the previous coachDav Whatmore, Ntini was appointed as interim head coach forthe home series against India in 2016.[30] He resigned from the role as coach in January 2018,[31] although Ntini was reported to have claimed that he was asked to step down by the board on the basis of alleged complaints from the players over his coaching methods.[32]
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.
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