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Makhaya Ntini stats

Data through 21 March 2012Last updated 21 March 2012

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 26 December 2002 to 21 March 2012. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2002 and 2012, Makhaya Ntini appears in 57 Tests, 89 ODIs, 10 T20Is for South Africa in the Cricsheet data. Makhaya Ntini took 225 Test wickets in the data (average 29.09, economy 3.32, best 6/59).

International matches

156

Tests 57 · ODIs 89 · T20Is 10

International wickets

372

10 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

13 runs

Best bowling

6/22

ODI

Teams played for

South Africa 2002–2011 · 155Chennai Super Kings 2008 · 9Warriors 2012 · 8ICC World XI 2005 · 1

BattingBowling

Makhaya Ntini batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Test	57	72	35	370	32*	10.00	849	43.6	13	48	4
ODI	89	27	13	101	16*	7.21	143	70.6	6	7	4
T20I	10	4	2	10	5	5.00	11	90.9	1	2	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	17	4	2	13	11	6.50	23	56.5	0	2	0

Runs per year

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Makhaya Ntini: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2002	0
2003	135
2004	29
2005	43
2006	121
2007	60
2008	44
2009	59
2011	1
2012	2

Year-by-year batting (21 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
2002	Test	1	0	0.00	0.0	0
2003	ODI	4	30	15.00	81.1	16
2003	Test	10	105	26.25	52.2	32
2004	ODI	1	7	7.00	116.7	7
2004	Test	5	22	4.40	52.4	12
2005	ODI	4	10	5.00	55.6	10
2005	T20I	1	5	5.00	83.3	5
2005	Test	5	28	9.33	60.9	16
2006	ODI	5	4	4.00	36.4	1
2006	Test	17	117	9.75	52.9	17
2007	ODI	8	37	6.17	71.2	9
2007	T20I	1	4	–	200.0	4
2007	Test	10	19	4.75	38.8	18
2008	ODI	3	2	1.00	28.6	2
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	11	11.00	61.1	11
2008	Test	14	31	5.17	19.5	9
2009	ODI	2	11	–	91.7	9
2009	T20I	1	0	0.00	0.0	0
2009	Test	10	48	24.00	37.5	28
2011	T20I	1	1	–	50.0	1
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	2	2.00	40.0	1

Makhaya Ntini bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	108	11,836	6,545	225	6/59	10/145	29.09	3.32	52.6	21	8	393
ODI	88	4,434	3,521	141	6/22	–	24.97	4.76	31.4	7	2	58
T20I	10	192	298	6	2/22	–	49.67	9.31	32.0	0	0	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	17	365	434	17	4/21	–	25.53	7.13	21.5	1	0	2

Wickets per year

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Makhaya Ntini: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2002	5
2003	69
2004	23
2005	44
2006	86
2007	63
2008	65
2009	24
2011	0
2012	10

Year-by-year bowling (23 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2002	Test	2	5	26.40	3.38	3/59
2003	ODI	17	35	16.83	4.16	4/24
2003	Test	16	34	31.09	3.38	5/94
2004	ODI	7	9	28.11	5.27	3/15
2004	Test	7	14	36.57	3.03	4/112
2005	ODI	15	26	24.69	4.86	3/29
2005	T20I	1	0	–	10.50	0/21
2005	Test	9	18	26.89	3.00	4/50
2006	ODI	15	28	19.71	4.36	6/22
2006	T20I	1	0	–	14.67	0/44
2006	Test	19	58	21.60	3.49	6/100
2007	ODI	25	32	31.97	4.74	4/61
2007	T20I	5	2	62.50	8.33	1/30
2007	Test	16	29	28.59	3.43	6/59
2008	ODI	4	2	105.00	6.56	1/68
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	7	34.57	6.91	4/21
2008	T20I	1	2	11.00	5.50	2/22
2008	Test	28	54	28.46	3.26	5/94
2009	ODI	5	9	28.00	5.86	3/39
2009	T20I	1	2	20.00	10.00	2/40
2009	Test	11	13	57.00	3.39	3/52
2011	T20I	1	0	–	11.50	0/46
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	10	19.20	7.43	3/12

Makhaya Ntini against each team

vs Australia vs England vs Pakistan vs New Zealand vs India vs Sri Lanka vs West Indies vs Bangladesh

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
England	Test	16	82	11.71	35.2	32
Australia	Test	17	79	11.29	41.6	28
New Zealand	Test	9	46	7.67	60.5	16
Pakistan	Test	9	42	10.50	48.3	18
West Indies	Test	5	42	21.00	60.9	22
India	Test	9	37	5.29	39.8	16
Sri Lanka	Test	4	34	17.00	45.9	16
Bangladesh	Test	3	8	4.00	29.6	5
Pakistan	ODI	6	37	18.50	67.3	16
Australia	ODI	6	20	20.00	80.0	9
England	ODI	6	12	4.00	50.0	10
Sri Lanka	ODI	3	8	4.00	100.0	7

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Australia	Test	20	41	31.76	3.46	6/100
England	Test	20	35	41.34	3.60	5/94
Pakistan	Test	16	35	23.60	3.06	6/59
India	Test	14	33	26.03	3.29	5/48
New Zealand	Test	14	32	26.41	3.33	5/35
West Indies	Test	11	23	32.13	3.31	5/94
Bangladesh	Test	8	16	15.12	2.37	4/32
Sri Lanka	Test	3	5	38.80	3.27	4/84
Pakistan	ODI	16	37	17.57	4.88	5/21
Australia	ODI	12	22	28.55	5.95	6/22
England	ODI	13	18	29.28	5.13	3/29
India	ODI	10	13	26.15	3.91	3/32
Zimbabwe	ODI	8	13	23.15	4.19	4/45
West Indies	ODI	9	12	30.92	5.30	3/15
New Zealand	ODI	8	11	31.82	4.90	3/29
Sri Lanka	ODI	5	6	29.00	4.24	2/24
West Indies	T20I	3	2	28.50	6.33	2/22
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	0	–	7.36	0/17

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
The Wanderers Stadium	14	65	9.29	22
Headingley	4	43	14.33	32
Kingsmead	12	42	6.00	16
Newlands	11	41	5.86	17
Gaddafi Stadium	6	36	36.00	16
Sydney Cricket Ground	2	28	–	28
Kennington Oval	5	23	4.60	11
SuperSport Park	5	21	10.50	16
St George's Park	6	21	10.50	18
P Sara Oval	2	18	18.00	13

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Newlands	28	61	20.95	3.20
The Wanderers Stadium	23	47	24.49	4.05
Kingsmead	22	34	35.18	4.28
SuperSport Park	15	32	22.34	3.83
St George's Park	12	27	20.33	3.93
Gaddafi Stadium	9	18	25.56	4.70
Kennington Oval	7	13	36.46	4.69
Eden Gardens	3	9	16.00	2.77
Narendra Modi Stadium	3	8	10.75	2.74
Iqbal Stadium	4	8	22.12	2.77

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	420	15	7.80
T20	Middle	1	4	25.0	1	60	2	7.30
T20	Death	22	30	73.3	3	77	6	8.81
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	2193	57	4.36
ODI	Middle	12	34	35.3	2	1515	40	4.30
ODI	Death	89	109	81.7	12	726	44	6.94

How Makhaya Ntini was dismissed

Caught30 (55%)
Bowled17 (31%)
Lbw7 (13%)
Run out1 (2%)

How Makhaya Ntini took wickets

Caught296
Bowled64
Lbw21
Caught and bowled8

Last 20 innings

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Makhaya Ntini: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
19 Nov 2008	5
26 Nov 2008	0
17 Dec 2008	5
26 Dec 2008	2
3 Jan 2009	0
3 Jan 2009	28
11 Jan 2009	0
26 Feb 2009	1
26 Feb 2009	0
6 Mar 2009	0
6 Mar 2009	4
19 Mar 2009	4
3 Apr 2009	2
17 Apr 2009	9
16 Dec 2009	4
26 Dec 2009	6
26 Dec 2009	1
9 Jan 2011	1
22 Feb 2012	1
14 Mar 2012	1

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
14 Mar 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lions	1	4	caught	The Wanderers Stadium
22 Feb 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lions	1*	1	not out	St George's Park
9 Jan 2011	T20I	India	1*	2	not out	Moses Mabhida Stadium
26 Dec 2009	Test	England	1*	3	not out	Kingsmead
26 Dec 2009	Test	England	6*	30	not out	Kingsmead
16 Dec 2009	Test	England	4*	7	not out	SuperSport Park
17 Apr 2009	ODI	Australia	9*	7	not out	The Wanderers Stadium
3 Apr 2009	ODI	Australia	2*	5	not out	Kingsmead
19 Mar 2009	Test	Australia	4*	6	not out	Newlands
6 Mar 2009	Test	Australia	4*	3	not out	Kingsmead
6 Mar 2009	Test	Australia	0	1	lbw	Kingsmead
26 Feb 2009	Test	Australia	0*	0	not out	The Wanderers Stadium
26 Feb 2009	Test	Australia	1	2	bowled	The Wanderers Stadium
11 Jan 2009	T20I	Australia	0	1	bowled	Melbourne Cricket Ground
3 Jan 2009	Test	Australia	28*	75	not out	Sydney Cricket Ground
3 Jan 2009	Test	Australia	0*	1	not out	Sydney Cricket Ground
26 Dec 2008	Test	Australia	2*	29	not out	Melbourne Cricket Ground
17 Dec 2008	Test	Australia	5*	15	not out	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
26 Nov 2008	Test	Bangladesh	0	2	caught	SuperSport Park
19 Nov 2008	Test	Bangladesh	5	13	caught	Mangaung Oval

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
21 Mar 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Titans	0/12	1	0	SuperSport Park
18 Mar 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Knights	0/20	3	0	Diamond Oval
16 Mar 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Cape Cobras	1/27	3	0	Newlands
14 Mar 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lions	1/32	3	0	The Wanderers Stadium
2 Mar 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Dolphins	3/12	4	0	Kingsmead
29 Feb 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Impi	2/38	4	0	Willowmoore Park
22 Feb 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lions	1/32	3.5	0	St George's Park
15 Feb 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Cape Cobras	2/19	4	0	St George's Park
9 Jan 2011	T20I	India	0/46	4	0	Moses Mabhida Stadium
26 Dec 2009	Test	England	0/114	29	4	Kingsmead
16 Dec 2009	Test	England	0/41	18	7	SuperSport Park
16 Dec 2009	Test	England	2/78	23	4	SuperSport Park
17 Apr 2009	ODI	Australia	0/48	6	0	The Wanderers Stadium
3 Apr 2009	ODI	Australia	1/67	9	1	Kingsmead
19 Mar 2009	Test	Australia	0/66	19	6	Newlands
19 Mar 2009	Test	Australia	2/38	17	7	Newlands
6 Mar 2009	Test	Australia	1/55	15	2	Kingsmead
6 Mar 2009	Test	Australia	2/58	19	4	Kingsmead
26 Feb 2009	Test	Australia	3/52	11	3	The Wanderers Stadium
26 Feb 2009	Test	Australia	2/71	27	6	The Wanderers Stadium

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Makhaya Ntini bowled to most

Rahul Dravid vs Makhaya Ntini423 balls
Simon Katich vs Makhaya Ntini391 balls
Stephen Fleming vs Makhaya Ntini364 balls
Shivnarine Chanderpaul vs Makhaya Ntini360 balls
Ricky Ponting vs Makhaya Ntini350 balls
Marcus Trescothick vs Makhaya Ntini346 balls
Younis Khan vs Makhaya Ntini321 balls
Michael Hussey vs Makhaya Ntini321 balls
Alastair Cook vs Makhaya Ntini305 balls
Matthew Hayden vs Makhaya Ntini288 balls
Virender Sehwag vs Makhaya Ntini265 balls
Michael Vaughan vs Makhaya Ntini249 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Makhaya Ntini taken in Tests?

225 wickets in 108 innings at an average of 29.09, economy 3.32, best figures 6/59.

How many wickets has Makhaya Ntini taken in ODIs?

141 wickets in 88 innings at an average of 24.97, economy 4.76, best figures 6/22.

How many runs has Makhaya Ntini scored in Tests?

370 runs in 72 innings (57 matches) at an average of 10.00 and a strike rate of 43.6, in the data from 2002 to 2009.

How many runs has Makhaya Ntini scored in ODIs?

101 runs in 27 innings (89 matches) at an average of 7.21 and a strike rate of 70.6, in the data from 2003 to 2009.

How many runs has Makhaya Ntini scored in T20Is?

10 runs in 4 innings (10 matches) at an average of 5.00 and a strike rate of 90.9, in the data from 2005 to 2011.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.