Michael Vandort

Michael Graydon Vandort (born 19 January 1980) 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. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament. He is of Dutch Burgher ancestry and was educated at St. Joseph's College.

Michael Vandort

Personal information
Full name	Michael Graydon Vandort
Born	(1980-01-19) 19 January 1980 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nickname	Vanda
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (2001–2008)
Test debut (cap 87)	6 September 2001 v Bangladesh
Last Test	26 December 2008 v Bangladesh
Only ODI (cap 128)	13 January 2006 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998–2011	Colombo Cricket Club
2007–08	Wayamba
	Khelaghar SKS
2012	Ragama 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

Vandort made his Test debut for Sri Lanka in March 2001 against England. 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. Vandort had a few notable performances, including scoring a double century (140 and 105*) against Bangladesh in 2007.

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.