Jonathan Vandiar

South Africa

Full name Jonathan David Vandiar

Born April 25, 1990, Paarl

Current age 30 years 269 days

Major teams Dolphins, KwaZulu-Natal, Lions, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Africa A, South Africa Under-19s

Playing role Batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	108	172	12	5770	172*	36.06	9625	59.94	10	31	855	52	57
List A	94	92	6	2903	153	33.75	3291	88.21	7	16	292	46	25
T20s	67	65	6	1368	107*	23.18	1160	117.93	1	8	139	39	12

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	108	22	634	412	5	2/12	2/12	82.40	3.89	126.8	0	0	0
List A	94	5	72	91	3	3/42	3/42	30.33	7.58	24.0	0	0	0
T20s	67	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

First-class debut	Warriors v Dolphins at East London, Nov 8-11, 2007 scorecard
Last First-class	Dolphins v Knights at Durban, Nov 30-Dec 2, 2020 scorecard
List A debut	Griqualand West v KwaZulu-Natal at Kimberley, Mar 17, 2007 scorecard
Last List A	Northerns v Easterns at Hammanskraal, Mar 8, 2020 scorecard
T20s debut	Lions v Eagles at Johannesburg, Jan 25, 2009 scorecard
Last T20s	Easterns v Northerns at Benoni, Sep 15, 2019 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
39, 34	Knights	v Dolphins	Durban	30 Nov 2020	FC
18, 68	Knights	v Lions	Johannesburg	23 Nov 2020	FC
10	Northerns	v Easterns	Hammanskraal	8 Mar 2020	LA
25, 0	Northerns	v Easterns	Hammanskraal	5 Mar 2020	FC
20	Northerns	v North West	Pretoria	23 Feb 2020	LA
104	Northerns	v North West	Pretoria	20 Feb 2020	FC
6	Northerns	v KZN-Inland	Pretoria	2 Feb 2020	LA
68, 27	Northerns	v KZN-Inland	Pretoria	30 Jan 2020	FC
54*	Northerns	v Border	Pretoria	19 Jan 2020	LA
49	Northerns	v Border	Pretoria	16 Jan 2020	FC

Profile

Jonathan Vandiar, a left-hand batsman, is among the most purely talented South African batting prospects of recent times. An attractive middle-order strokeplayer whose repertoire of shots seems to swell with each passing season, he announced himself with an aggressive 103 for South Africa against Bangladesh in an under-19 Test in Potchefstroom in 2006-07. Vandiar has been something of a fixture in South Africa's junior national sides, not least because of his ability to bowl decent legspin. He is also an aggressively athletic fielder in the great South African tradition. Vandiar's career was put on hold by a torn Achilles in 2008-09, but it will take more than that to prevent him from reaching his potential.
Telford Vice

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