[[Lêer:Makhaya Ntini, Sydney 2009.jpg|duimnael|links|Makhaya Ntini tydens 'n oefening op die Sydney Cricket Ground in Januarie 2009]]
Twee jaar nadat sy talent in die Grens ontdek is, word hy gekies om Engeland toe te toer met die Suid-Afrikaanse o.19-span, en speel in al vyf die internasionale wedstryde. Engeland oorheers beide eendagwedstryde op die toer met die Suid-Afrikaners wat net een paaltjie kon neem, deur Pierre Joubert.<ref name="u19ODI">{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/South_Africa_Under-19s_in_England_1995/uo_South_Africa_Under-19s_Bowling.html |title=Under-19 ODI Bowling for South Africa Under-19s: South Africa Under-19s in England 1995 |publisher="CricketArchive" |accessdateaccess-date=9 Januarie 2011 |language=en |archive-01url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223211718/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/South_Africa_Under-19s_in_England_1995/uo_South_Africa_Under-19s_Bowling.html |archive-date=23 Desember 2018 |url-status=live|df=dmy-09all}}</ref> In die toetsreeks, wat Engeland met 2-0 wen, neem Ntini altesaam nege paaltjies, die tweede meeste deur 'n Suid-Afrikaner.<ref name="u19Test">{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/South_Africa_Under-19s_in_England_1995/ut_South_Africa_Under-19s_Bowling.html |title=Under-19 Test Bowling for South Africa Under-19s: South Africa Under-19s in England 1995 |publisher="CricketArchive" |accessdateaccess-date=9 Januarie 2011 |language=en |archive-01url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223211610/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/South_Africa_Under-19s_in_England_1995/ut_South_Africa_Under-19s_Bowling.html |archive-date=23 Desember 2018 |url-status=live|df=dmy-09all}}</ref> Sy boulwerk was duur en kom teen 'n koers van 4.53 lopies per boulbeurt, meer as enige ander Suid-Afrikaner met die uitsondering van [[Mark Boucher]], wat eintlik 'n [[paaltjiewagter]] was.<ref name="u19Test" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3941/3941.html |title=Player Profile: Mark Boucher |publisher="CricketArchive" |accessdateaccess-date=9 Januarie 2011 |language=en |archive-01url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722171012/http://cricketarchive.com:80/Archive/Players/3/3941/3941.html |archive-date=22 Julie 2019 |url-status=live|df=dmy-09all}}</ref> Na twee wedstryde vir die Grens teen die toerende Keniane,<ref name="om">{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4067/Other_matches.html |title=Other matches played by Makhaya Ntini (66) |publisher="CricketArchive" |accessdateaccess-date=9 Januarie 2011 |language=en |archive-01url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107051933/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4067/Other_matches.html |archive-date=7 November 2012 |url-status=dead|df=dmy-09all}}</ref> het Ntini sy eersterangse debuut in November 1995 teen 'n Engelse XI gemaak.<ref name="fcm">{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4067/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Makhaya Ntini (190) |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdateaccess-date=9 Januarie 2011 |language=en |archive-01url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223211519/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4067/First-Class_Matches.html |archive-date=23 Desember 2018 |url-status=live|df=dmy-09all}}</ref> Hy het twee paaltjies ingeoes in Engeland se enigste beurt, waartydens Grens deeglik die loef afgesteek is.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/61/61249.html |title=Border v England XI in 1995/96 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdateaccess-date=9 Januarie 2011 |language=en |archive-01url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901132330/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/61/61249.html |archive-date=1 September 2019 |url-status=live|df=dmy-09all}}</ref>
In sy debuutseisoen neem Ntini 17 paaltjies teen 'n gemiddeld van 37,05 in eerste-klas wedstryde.<ref name="fcbobs">{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4067/f_Bowling_by_Season.html |title=First-class Bowling in Each Season by Makhaya Ntini |publisher="CricketArchive" |accessdateaccess-date=9 Januarie 2011 |language=en |archive-01url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024073614/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4067/f_Bowling_by_Season.html |archive-date=24 Oktober 2018 |url-status=live|df=dmy-09all}}</ref> Sy beste vertoning in 'n beurt was teen die Vrystaat, toe hy drie paaltjies vir 49 lopies geneem het tydens sy 17 boulbeurte.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/61/61551.html |title=Border v Free State in 1995/96 |publisher="CricketArchive" |accessdateaccess-date=9 Januarie 2011 |language=en |archive-01url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035330/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/61/61551.html |archive-date=24 Oktober 2018 |url-status=live|df=dmy-09all}}</ref> Hy toer weer saam met die nasionale onder-19s in Maart en April 1996 na Indië. Ntini wys sy talent tydens die derde wedstryd met 6/53 in die eerste beurt en 3/48 in die tweede beurt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62010.html |title=India Under-19s v South Africa Under-19s in 1995/96 |publisher="CricketArchive" |accessdateaccess-date=15 Januarie 2011 |language=en |archive-01url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035422/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62010.html |archive-15date=24 Oktober 2018 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
