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Full name Justin Miles Kemp
Born October 2, 1977, Queenstown, Cape Province
Current age 31 years 13 days
Major teams South Africa,Africa XI,Eastern Province,Hyderabad Heroes,Kent,Northerns,Titans
Also known as Kempie
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Relations Cousin - DJ Callaghan
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
6
0
80
55
13.33
250
32.00
0
1
11
0
3
0
ODIs
85
66
18
1512
100*
31.50
1819
83.12
1
10
98
60
33
0
T20Is
8
7
3
203
89*
50.75
160
126.87
0
1
17
10
3
0
First-class
109
177
21
5442
188
34.88
12
27
139
0
List A
243
205
55
5365
107*
35.76
3
39
102
0
Twenty20
40
36
9
771
89*
28.55
604
127.64
0
2
53
41
16
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
8
479
222
9
3/33
5/52
24.66
2.78
53.2
0
0
0
ODIs
85
48
1303
1015
32
3/20
3/20
31.71
4.67
40.7
0
0
0
T20Is
8
1
6
5
0
-
-
-
5.00
-
0
0
0
First-class
109
10637
4996
186
6/56
26.86
2.81
57.1
5
0
List A
243
6545
5205
179
6/20
6/20
29.07
4.77
36.5
6
3
0
Twenty20
40
19
324
419
23
3/19
3/19
18.21
7.75
14.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, Jan 20-22, 2001 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v South Africa at Perth, Dec 16-20, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
South Africa v Sri Lanka at Bloemfontein, Jan 14, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v South Africa at Faisalabad, Oct 23, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Oct 21, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I
South Africa v India at Durban, Sep 20, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1996/97
Last First-class
Kent v Durham at Canterbury, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1997/98
Last List A
Yorkshire v Kent at Scarborough, Aug 25, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Titans v Lions at Centurion, Apr 8, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Kent v Middlesex at Southampton, Jul 26, 2008 scorecard
Profile
A useful fast-medium right-arm seamer and middle-order batsman, Justin Kemp was predicted by many to have a guaranteed international career ahead of him. He made his debut in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka in 2000-01, taking 5 for 54 in the match and winning selection for the subsequent tour of the Caribbean. A fortnight later, on his way to 188 in a domestic match, he smacked five sixes off one over, and the final ball fell two yards short of the man on the deep square-leg boundary. But in the West Indies he disappointed on the field and got in hot water when he admitted smoking marijuana.
He played eight fairly ordinary ODIs the following season when his star was on the wane and he remained out of the reckoning until England came to visit in 2004-05. Filling the Lance Klusener role to perfection, he lumped 80 from 50 balls in the series clincher in East London, but it was in the recent five-match series at home against New Zealand that Kemp began to look like the complete package. His crucial innings of 73 off 64 - complete with 3 sixes - and a 19-ball 30 to clinch the series in the third match did its part in establishing Kemp as one of the biggest and best hitters in the game, and he was duly Man of the Series after these performances. The current one-day tour of India will prove to be a test for Kemp, but if his showing in the first match at Hyderabad is anything to go by - his unbeaten 46 took South Africa to a clinical five-wicket win - Kemp is sure to remain indispensable, and capable of keeping the crowds on their feet with some rousing batting.
In February 2006, Kemp and fellow South African team-mate Andrew Hall returned to English county side Kent. After a successful few months, Kemp was released as South African authorities urged him to rest up ahead of a tour to Sri Lanka and the World Cup in 2007. With the tri-series in South Africa, also featuring India, aborted due to South Africa's withdrawal over security concerns, Kemp missed the chance to get some international cricket under his belt. A couple good innings in the Champions Trophy made way for Kemp's maiden ODI hundred, an awe-inspiring unbeaten 100 against India at Cape Town in late November. His World Cup campaign was a stop-start affair, as was the World Twenty20 and following the tournament he was dropped. With the youngsters performing well Kemp found his way back blocked and opted to take the popular Kolpak route into county cricket by signing a two-year deal with Kent.
Jamie Alter February 2008
