Michael Vandort

Michael Graydon Vandort (born 19 January 1980 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He is one of the tallest batsmen ever to play test cricket and stands at 6 feet 5 inches.

Michael Vandort
මයිකල් වැන්ඩෝට්
Personal information
Full nameMichael Graydon Vandort
Born (1980-01-19) 19 January 1980
Colombo, Sri Lanka
NicknameVanda
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 87)6 September 2001 v Bangladesh
Last Test26 December 2008 v Bangladesh
Only ODI (cap 128)13 January 2006 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1998–Colombo Cricket Club
2007–08Wayamba
Khelaghar SKS
2012-PresentRagama CC
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 20 1 142 76
Runs scored 1,144 48 7,443 2,504
Batting average 36.90 48.00 33.37 39.12
100s/50s 4/4 0/0 17/33 4/16
Top score 140 48 226 118
Balls bowled – – 67 –
Wickets – – 1 –
Bowling average – – 62.00 –
5 wickets in innings – – 0 –
10 wickets in match – – 0 –
Best bowling – – 1/46 –
Catches/stumpings 6/– 0/– 102/– 24/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 December 2009

International career

Having emerged in 2001 after impressive club performances, he was picked against Bangladesh in September 2001 after an impressive century. His Test average was 36.90. He scored a century in Sri Lanka's defeat to England on 28 May 2006. He nearly became the first batsman since Javed Omar in 2001 to carry the bat through the whole innings. In his one day international debut against Australia he scored a Test-like 48 off 117 balls in a run-chase of 318, and did not play an ODI for the remainder of his career. However, he was selected to play in the tests against Australia and scored a gritty 83 against Australia in the first test in Brisbane. He is considered a good slips fielder but less effective in the outfield.

He was dropped from the Sri Lankan Test team following a string of poor performances, especially against India in 2008-2009, and has not played in international tests since.

International centuries

Test Centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Michael Vandort

  • In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
  • The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career
Test Centuries of Michael Vandort
RunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueDate
[1]1402 BangladeshColombo, Sri LankaSSC28 July 2002
[2]1055 EnglandBirmingham, EnglandEdgbaston25 May 2006
[3]1179 BangladeshColombo, Sri LankaSSC25 June 2007
[4]13812 EnglandColombo, Sri LankaSSC9 December 2007
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