Michael Vandort

Michael Vandort

Personal information
Full name	Michael Graydon Vandort
Born	19 January 1980 (1980-01-19) (age 31) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
Test debut	6 September 2001 v Bangladesh
Last Test	26 December 2008 v Bangladesh
Only ODI	13 January 2006 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998–	Colombo Cricket Club
2007–08	Wayamba
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs	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: CricketArchive, 12 December 2009

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 batsman ever to play test cricket and stands at 6 feet 5 inches.

Having emerged in 2001 after impressive club performances, he was picked against Bangladesh in September 2001 after an impressive century. He has a current Test average of 36.90. He scored a century in Sri Lanka's defeat to England on 28 May 2006. He nearly became the first batsmen since Javed Omar in 2001 to carry the bat through the whole innings. In his ODI debut, he scored a Test-like 48 of 117 balls in chase of 318, and has not played an ODI since, and was then thought of to play tests. However he came back to Brisbane and scored a gritty 83 against Australia in the first test. He is well thought of as a slip fieldsman but is considered slow in the outfield.

He was dropped from the side following a string of poor performances, especially against India in 2008-2009, and has not been in the greatest form at domestic level since then.

Test Centuries of Michael Vandort
	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	140	2	Bangladesh	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club	2002
[2]	105	5	England	Birmingham, England	Edgbaston, Birmingham	2006
[3]	117	9	Bangladesh	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2007
[4]	138	12	England	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2007

Persondata
Name	Vandort, Michael
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	19 January 1980
Place of birth	Colombo
Date of death
Place of death