Michael Vandort

Michael Vandort

Personal information
Full name	Michael Graydon Vandort
Born	(1980-01-19) 19 January 1980 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 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.