Dolphins, KwaZulu-Natal, bizhub Highveld Lions, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Africa A, South Africa Under-19s
Playing role:
Batsman
Batting style:
Left-hand bat
Bowling style:
Legbreak
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 – www.cricinfo.com
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
33
52
4
1533
172*
31.93
2601
58.93
2
8
217
14
18
0
List A
31
30
1
907
130
31.27
941
96.38
3
5
87
21
9
0
Twenty20
18
18
1
356
71
20.94
298
119.46
0
3
29
14
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
33
16
526
345
5
2/12
2/12
69.00
3.93
105.2
0
0
0
List A
31
4
66
83
3
3/42
3/42
27.66
7.54
22.00
0
0
0
Twenty20
18
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
First-class debut
Warriors v Dolphins at East London, Nov 8-11, 2007
List A debut
Griqualand West v KwaZulu-Natal at Kimberley, Mar 17, 2007
