Michael Swart

Michael Richard Swart (born 1 October 1982) is a former Australian professional cricketer who played international cricket for the Netherlands national cricket team between 2011 and 2016. He was born in Australia and also played for Western Australia in Australian domestic cricket.

Michael Swart
Personal information
Full name
Michael Richard Swart
Born (1982-10-01) 1 October 1982
Subiaco, Western Australia
BattingRight handed
BowlingRight arm Offbreak
RoleBatting all-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 51)28 June 2011 v Scotland
Last ODI28 January 2014 v Canada
T20I debut (cap 24)13 March 2012 v Canada
Last T20I5 February 2016 v Scotland
T20I shirt no.25
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009/10–2010/11Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 12 26 14 55
Runs scored 197 621 664 1,071
Batting average 19.70 27.00 26.56 21.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/3 1/4 1/6
Top score 52 89 104 102
Balls bowled 366 318 216 1,559
Wickets 3 14 5 30
Bowling average 102.00 25.07 29.80 45.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/21 2/8 1/0 4/40
Catches/stumpings 5/– 7/– 5/– 20/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 February 2019

Domestic career

From Perth, Swart was a member of the WA state under-19 teams in 2000 and 2001 that were captained by Brett Jones and Shaun Marsh, respectively.[1][2] However, he did not make his senior debut for the Warriors until January 2010, despite years of scoring heavily for his grade-cricket side Joondalup.[3] While he made a duck in his first List A game, a few weeks later he made an impressive 83 in his debut Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania.[4] In May 2010, he was awarded a contract with the Warriors for the 2010–11 season.[5] He scored his maiden century in October 2010 against Victoria at the WACA Ground.[6]

In February 2011 Swart was dropped from the Warriors squad after being charged with assaulting an opponent,[7] Billy Godleman, in a grade cricket match between Joondalup and Bayswater-Morley. He was later found guilty by the WACA tribunal and suspended for three matches,[8] with the tribunal rejecting his defence that he was only acting in self-defence.[9] The following week the conviction and suspension was overturned upon appeal.[10]

Swart's contract with the Warriors was not renewed for the 2011/2012 season,[11] instead signing with Bootle Cricket Club in England.[12]

International career

In February 2011, it was reported that Swart was to be called up to represent the Netherlands at the 2011 Cricket World Cup following an injury to the team's captain Peter Borren.[13] His father was born in the Netherlands, enabling Swart to hold a Dutch passport and being eligible to represent the country. He had previously rejected an offer to join the team at the Twenty20 World Cup, preferring to concentrate on maintaining his position in the Western Warriors team.[14] However, in the following days it appeared that he was unlikely to play at the World Cup, with both Borren's injury being less severe than first thought and a Dutch selector denying that Swart had been approached.[8]

Although he missed the World Cup, Swart went on to play 12 One Day Internationals and 26 Twenty20 Internationals for the Netherlands between 2011 and 2016, including the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.[15] He was the team vice-captain and even captained in two games when Peter Borren was unavailable.[16] He was dumped from the national squad at the end of a tour in the UAE in 2016 and told his services were no longer required.[17]

References
  1. ACB 2000–01 Under-19 championship gets underway | Cricket News | Global. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  2. Western Australia Under-19s squad for Newcastle announced | Australia Cricket News. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  3. Warriors late bloomer gets his shot. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (28 January 2010). Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  4. Tasmania secure crucial win over WA. Perth Now (23 February 2010). Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  5. Western Australia like imported Michael Beer | Cricket News | Global. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  6. Vics on target after Pattinson heroics. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (12 October 2010). Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  7. Warriors give kids a go – The West Australian. Yahoo! News (9 February 2011). Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  8. Confusion over Swart's Cup bid – Cricket – Sportal Australia Archived 20 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Sportal.com.au (17 February 2011). Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  9. Banned Swart 'hung out to dry' by Warriors – The West Australian. Yahoo! News (19 February 2011). Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  10. Swart's Warriors reprieve after ban lifted
  11. Mickey Arthur has wasted no time clearing the decks after his first season as Western Australia's coach, cutting six players including Aaron Heal and David Bandy from the squad
  12. Cricket: Clubs get ready for start of new season
  13. Warrior Swart answers Dutch SOS Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  14. Swart's World Cup bid stalled – The West Australian. Yahoo! News (17 February 2011). Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  15. . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  16. "Michael Swart profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos".
  17. "Where has poor Micky gone?".
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