Justin Ontong

ABOUT

BATTING STATS

GAME TYPE	M	INN	RUNS	BF	NO	AVG	SR	100s	50s	HS	4s	6s	CT
ODIs	28	16	184	267	2	13.14	68.91	0	0	32	18	1	15
TESTs	2	4	57	155	1	19.00	36.77	0	0	32	8	0	1
T20Is	14	10	158	109	0	15.80	144.95	0	0	48	6	11	10
T20s	134	109	1735	1488	21	19.71	116.59	0	3	59*	110	53	66
LISTAs	252	217	5453	0	29	29.00		1	37	122*	0	0	99
FIRSTCLASS	194	308	11933	0	23	41.87		26	68	225	0	0	132

BOWLING STATS

GAME TYPE	M	INN	OVERS	RUNS	WKTS	AVG	ECO	BEST	5Ws
ODIs	28	16	89.4	396	9	44.00	4.41	3/30	0
TESTs	2	3	30.5	133	1	133.00	4.31	1/123	0
T20Is	14	4	6	83	1	83.00	13.83	1/25	0
T20s	134	63	118	1009	31	32.54	8.55	3/27	0
LISTAs	252	0	682	3278	76	43.13	4.80	3/27	0
FIRSTCLASS	194	0	1864.3	5866	136	43.13	3.14	0	1

ABOUT

Justin Ontong started off as a batsman, but then also added offbreaks, quicker balls and wrong'uns to make himself a more useful cricketer. Four years after making his first-class debut, Ontong got an opportunity to make his first Test, in Sydney in January 2002, but the occasion was mired in controversy, with Ontong at its unwitting centre. It emerged that Percy Sonn, the SA Board president, had overruled the selectors and insisted on the inclusion of Ontong, a Cape Coloured, ahead of Jacques Rudolph. It would be nearly three years before he earned another opportunity in Tests, but he eventually returned to the squad for the trip to India in November 2004. However, the return was short-lived as he again failed to establish himself in a strong batting order and he had to wait until early 2008 for another recall when he was named to face West Indies. A strong 2008 domestic season, during which he was the Cobras' leading run-scorer, saw Ontong included for the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 in India in 2009.