Makhaya Ntini Age<\/h2>\n

Ntini was born on 6 July 1977\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span>Mdingi,\u00a0Cape Province, South Africa. He is 43 years old as of 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Makhaya Ntini Height<\/h2>\n

He stands at a height of 1.75 m.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Makhaya Ntini Early Life<\/h2>\n

While growing up in Mdingi, a small village in Cape Province, Ntini was a herdsman with no shoes. At 15 years old, he was discovered by Raymond Booi, a Border Cricket Board development officer, who was setting up a mini-cricket programme.<\/p>\n

Booi was amazed by Ntini\u2019s talent and set him up to participate in a net session in King William\u2019s Town. This is after he had given Ntini some shoes.<\/p>\n

From there he played in a junior cricket festival in Queenstown. Two years later, he was selected to tour\u00a0England\u00a0with the\u00a0South Africa Under-19 squad and played all five of the youth internationals.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Makhaya Ntini Son<\/h2>\n

South African cricketer, Thando Ntini is Makhaya Ntini\u2019s son. He was born on 7 July 2000. In December 2017, Thando\u00a0was named in\u00a0South Africa\u2019s squad\u00a0for the\u00a02018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^{<\/sup><\/p>\n}

<\/span>Career<\/h2>\n

<\/span>International Career<\/h3>\n

Ntini played for the South African National team from 1998 \u2013 2011. His first test debut was against Sri Lanka on 19 March 1998. He had 269 caps with his last test against England on 26 December 2009.<\/p>\n

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He had his ODI debut on 16 January 1998 and his T20I debut on 21 October 2005. Both games were against New Zealand. Ntini retired from all forms of international cricket in a\u00a0T20I against India\u00a0^{<\/sup>on 9 January 2011.<\/p>\n}

<\/span>Domestic Career<\/h3>\n

Makhaya Ntini played for Borders, Warriors, Warwickshire, Chennai Super Kings, and Kent between 1995 and 2010. Ntini made his\u00a0First-class cricket\u00a0debut in November 1995, facing an\u00a0England XI.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Coaching Career<\/h3>\n

In January 2016, Ntini was appointed as the assistant coach of the\u00a0Zimbabwean national cricket team. Later that year,\u00a0Ntini was appointed as interim head coach for\u00a0the home series against India in 2016.\u00a0^{<\/sup>He resigned from the role as a coach in January 2018.<\/p>\n}

<\/span>Controversies<\/h2>\n

He was charged and convicted of rape in 1999. The allegations seemed to be bringing his career to an early end but that did not happen. He was acquitted on appeal and rebuilt his international career.<\/p>\n

On 17 July 2020, while on\u00a0SABC 2\u2019s\u00a0Morning Live<\/i>, Ntini detailed the alleged racism he experienced throughout his career. He claimed other players would not sit with him during meals and said he \u201cwas forever lonely\u201d in the Proteas team.<\/p>\n

Ntini further stated that he used to run to the stadium and back to hotels to avoid being lonely on the team bus.<\/p>\n