PLAYER CAREER

Justin Ontong

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa2001–2015

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	2	4	4	4	2002-01-02	2004-11-28
ODI	21	13	13	13	2001-04-28	2012-02-29
T20I	10	10	10	10	2008-01-18	2015-01-11

44Internationals

399Career runs

0Centuries

11Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 2
Innings: 4
Runs: 57
Average: 19.00
Strike rate: 36.77
Highest score: 32
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 8
6s: 0
Balls faced: 155

Bowling

Matches: 2
Innings: 3
Balls: 185
Maidens: 2
Runs conceded: 133
Wickets: 1
Average: 133.00
Economy: 4.31
Strike rate: 185.00
Best innings: 1/79
Best match: 1/123
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 2
Innings: 4
Catches: 1
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 1
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 1
Dismissals / inns: 0.250
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 28
Innings: 16
Runs: 184
Average: 13.14
Strike rate: 68.91
Highest score: 32
Not outs: 2
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 18
6s: 1
Balls faced: 267

Bowling

Matches: 28
Innings: 16
Balls: 538
Maidens: 3
Runs conceded: 396
Wickets: 9
Average: 44.00
Economy: 4.41
Strike rate: 59.77
Best innings: 3/30
Best match: 3/30
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 28
Innings: 27
Catches: 15
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 15
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 15
Dismissals / inns: 0.555
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 14
Innings: 10
Runs: 158
Average: 15.80
Strike rate: 144.95
Highest score: 48
Not outs: 0
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 6
6s: 11
Balls faced: 109

Bowling

Matches: 14
Innings: 4
Balls: 36
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 83
Wickets: 1
Average: 83.00
Economy: 13.83
Strike rate: 36.00
Best innings: 1/25
Best match: 1/25
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 14
Innings: 14
Catches: 10
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 10
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 10
Dismissals / inns: 0.714
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

44 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2015-01-14	South Africa v West Indies	T20I	South Africa won by 69 runs
2015-01-11	South Africa v West Indies	T20I	West Indies won by 4 wickets
2013-03-03	South Africa v Pakistan	T20I	Pakistan won by 95 runs
2013-03-01	Pakistan v South Africa	T20I	No result
2012-12-26	South Africa v New Zealand	T20I	South Africa won by 33 runs
2012-09-12	England v South Africa	T20I	England won by 28 runs
2012-09-10	England v South Africa	T20I	No result
2012-09-08	England v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 7 wickets
2012-09-05	England v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 7 wickets
2012-03-30	South Africa v India	T20I	South Africa won by 11 runs
2012-02-29	New Zealand v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 6 wickets
2012-02-22	New Zealand v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 3 runs

South Africa

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

200241 runs
200416 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20020 wickets
20041 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2004	1	2	16	16	16.00	25.39	0	0	3	0	63	2	1	123.00	4.26	173.00
2002	1	2	41	32	20.50	44.56	0	0	5	0	92	1	0	N/A	5.00	N/A

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

200145 runs
200238 runs
200511 runs
200850 runs
201217 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20013 wickets
20021 wickets
20052 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2012	1	1	17	17	N/A	89.47	3	0	19	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2008	2	2	50	27	25.00	75.75	5	0	66	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
2005	3	1	11	11	11.00	47.82	2	0	23	2	2	25.50	9.00	17.00
2002	8	6	38	10	6.33	61.29	3	0	62	6	1	123.00	4.55	162.00
2001	7	3	45	32	15.00	62.50	3	1	72	7	3	64.00	4.08	94.00

T20I

T20I · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

200820 runs
2012119 runs
20130 runs
201519 runs

T20I · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20081 wickets
20120 wickets
20130 wickets
20150 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2015	1	1	19	19	19.00	158.33	2	1	12	1	0	N/A	17.00	N/A
2013	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	1	0	N/A	16.00	N/A
2012	6	6	119	48	19.83	175.00	4	10	68	1	0	N/A	9.00	N/A
2008	2	2	20	14	10.00	71.42	0	0	28	1	1	25.00	12.50	12.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

2001-04-28
First available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Kingston
2001-05-05
Best recorded bowling · 2/12
ODI v West Indies · St George's
2012-12-26
Highest recorded innings · 48 runs
T20I v New Zealand · St George's Park
2015-01-11
Latest available scorecard
T20I v West Indies · New Wanderers Stadium