Personal Information

Full Name Justin Lee Ontong
Born January 4, 1980 Paarl, Cape Province
Age 44 Years, 11 Months, 9 Days
National Side South Africa
Batting Style Right Handed
Bowling Off break
Sport Cricket

Ranking

Test ODI T20
Batting - - -
Bowling - - -

Man of the Match

Test ODI T20 World Cup CL
0 0 0 - 0

Career Information

Teams Played South Africa, Africa XI, South African Academy, Boland, Rest of South Africa, South Africa A, South African Invitation XI, South Africa Pres XI, Cape Cobras, South Africa Under-19, Highveld Lions, Tridents, Stellenbosch Kings
Career Span

Justin Lee Ontong Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

M I N/O R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s AVG S/R CT ST Ducks R/O
Test
2 4 1 57 32 v AUS 0 0 8 0 19.00 36.77 1 0
ODI
28 16 2 184 32 v ZIM 0 0 18 1 13.14 68.91 15 0
T20I
14 10 0 158 48 v NZ 0 0 6 11 15.80 144.95 10 0
CL
12 7 2 98 39* v OTA 0 0 7 4 19.60 138.02 4 0

Bowling Performance

I O M R W Best 3s 5s AVG E/R S/R Mtc
Test
3 30.5 2 133 1 1/79 v IND 0 0 133.00 4.31 185.00
ODI
16 89.4 3 396 9 3/30 v KEN 1 0 44.00 4.41 59.77
T20I
4 6 0 83 1 1/25 v WI 0 0 83.00 13.83 36.00
CL
9 17 0 146 3 2/8 v DD 0 0 48.66 8.58 34.00

Justin Lee Ontong Profile

Justin Ontong started as a right-handed batsman but later added off-spin to his repertoire to become a more useful cricketer. He has been a familiar face in South Africa's domestic circuit for quite sometime now. Unfortunately, Ontong, fondly called as "Rowdy" by his teammates, failed to do justice to his talent. He was presented with the chance to play ODIs for South Africa in 2001 but he didn't succeed in displaying his utility.

Somehow he bagged an opportunity to feature in Test matches but his debut was marred with controversy. Percy Sonn, the then president of the UCB inserted him in the playing XI on ground of South Africa's racial quota policy, aborting the selectors' decision to play Jacques Rudolph. Like ODIs, Ontong couldn't do much in the longer version and sadly his international career never took off. However, he remained a prolific run-scorer in first-class cricket. After serving Kent for four seasons, he moved to Cape Cobras in 2008 and since then has been an integral part of their strategies.

He was recalled in the South African national squad after 34 months to tour New Zealand in February 2012.