Jeffrey Vandersay Biography, Age, Family, Height, Networth, Profile & More

Jeffrey Vandersay who is also known as Jeffrey Dexter Francis Vandersay is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer, born on 5 February 1990 in Wattala, Sri Lanka who plays limited-overs cricket for the national team. He is a past student of Wesley College, Colombo. He is a right-arm leg-break bowler and batted as a right-hander and currently plays for the Sri Lanka team.

Jeffrey Vandersay Biography

Jeffrey Vandersay Biography

NameJeffrey Vandersay
Full nameJeffrey Dexter Francis Vandersay
Born5 February 1990 (age 34) Wattala, Sri Lanka
Age34 Years
NicknameVanda
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Net Wort$1 million
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm leg-break
RoleBowler
IPL TeamNot Known
Jeffrey Vandersay Biography

Early Life

Early Life

Jeffrey Vandersay is a right-arm leg-break bowler who was born in Wattala, a large suburb of Colombo city. He began bowling spin before he even understood the definition of leg-spin. Alongside his leg-spin delivery, he has subtle variations such as top-spinner, googly and slider.

Despite having these variations, he remains grounded and focuses on spinning the ball as much as possible. He made a sensational entrance by taking 8 wickets in a three-day game against Pakistan, leading to his international debut.

In 2015, he was added to the T20 Squad for the home series against Pakistan. Some Sri Lankan cricket purists believed he should have been tested in the longer format. However, nerves affected Vandersay and he struggled to make an impact in his limited opportunities.

He was also economical against England and South Africa. Despite his efforts, the 2014 World T20 Champions did not reach the semi-finals. In his first 11 ODIs, he did not play a single home game, which meant his deliveries lacked the advantages of home pitches.

Jeffrey Vandersay Family

Jeffrey Vandersay prefers to keep his personal life private. While there is limited public information about his family, he has mentioned in interviews the support and encouragement he receives from them, which has been instrumental in his cricketing journey.

Jeffrey Vandersay Family
Jeffrey Vandersay Wife

Jeffrey Vandersay Wife

As of the latest updates, Jeffrey Vandersay has not disclosed much about his personal relationships or marital status. He appears to be focused on his cricketing career.

Cricket Career

Domestic Career

Jeffrey Vandersay Domestic career

In March 2018, he was selected in Dambulla’s squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament. And the Next month he was included in the Dambulla’s squad for the 2018 Provincial One Day Tournament.

He was named in Galle’s squad for the 2018 SLC T20 League in August 2018. In March 2019, he was named in Kandy’s squad for the Super Provincial One-Day Tournament. In October 2020, he was drafted by the Colombo Kings for the first edition of the Lanka Premier League.

In March 2021, he played for the Sinhalese Sports Club team that won the 2020-21 SLC T20 tournament, their first win since 2005. In July 2022, he was signed by the Colombo Stars for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.

International career –

International career

He played in the tour match between SLCB President’s XI and Pakistanis in June 2015. He made his T20 debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 30 July 2015. He was unable to take a single wicket and finished with the figures 25 runs from 4 overs.

Vandersay made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against New Zealand on December 28, 2015, as the 168th player for Sri Lanka. In his first ODI innings, he scored 7 runs not out, but in bowling, he was hit hard by Martin Guptill concerning 34 runs in 2 overs. Sri Lanka lost the match by 10 wickets.

However, he took his first ODI wicket in the 3rd ODI at Saxton Oval, dismissing Tom Latham for 42 runs. He claimed his first T20 International wicket by dismissing Corey Anderson in the first T20I game against New Zealand at Bay Oval.

Vandersay has appeared in 14 matches to date in his T20 career where he took 7 wickets with an average of 56.43, having an economy of 8. 01 with a best individual figure of 2 for 26.

Vandersay was initially included in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka squad, but due to poor performances in New Zealand and Pakistan tours, he was dropped from the World Cup squad. He was later re-added to the squad after Lasith Malinga was ruled out due to an injury.

vandersay while bowling in 2016 T20 World Cup
Vandersay while bowling in 2016 T20 World Cup

In his Test career to date, Jeffrey Vandersay has played 1 match to date in his Test career and he took 2 wickets, with an average of 34.00, conceding nearly 6.80 runs per over with a best individual figure of 2 for 68.

In January 2017, he joined Sri Lanka’s ODI squad for the series against South Africa. In November 2017, he was added to the Sri Lanka squad for the third test against India, replacing Rangana Herath, but did not play.

Jeffrey Vandersay played 23 ODI matches to date where he took 33 wickets, with an average of 26.73, conceding nearly at the economy rate of 5.41 runs per over with a best individual figure of 6 for 33.

In May 2018, he was added to the test squad for the series against West Indies. However, he did not play and was sent home before the final test due to conduct issues.

In May 2018, he was one of 33 cricketers to be awarded a national contract by Sri Lanka Cricket ahead of the 2018–19 season. In December 2018, he was selected for Sri Lanka’s team in the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.

However, on 23 June 2018, Vandersay was sent home by Sri Lanka Cricket for breaching his player contract due to disciplinary issues. He was in the Caribbean at that time but did not play any matches.

Jeffrey While bowling in 2019 Cricket World Cup
Jeffrey While bowling in 2019 Cricket World Cup

Sri Lanka Cricket reported an “incident” that led to this decision. The following month, he received a one-year suspended sentence and a 20% fine of his annual contract.

In April 2019, he was selected for Sri Lanka’s squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In February 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka’s test squad for their series against India. Later in June 2022, he was named in the Sri Lanka A squad for the matches against Australia A and also in the test squad for the home series against Australia.

He made his Test debut on 29 June 2022 for Sri Lanka against Australia but subsequently, he was dropped from the squad after testing positive for COVID-19.

Jeffrey Vandersay Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests11606822/682/6834.006.8030.0000
ODIs2321978882336/336/3326.725.4129.6110
T20Is141429639572/262/2656.428.0042.2000
FC731231150476122707/7710/15528.193.9742.612171
List A10296441735641506/336/3323.764.8429.4440
T20s959118692255946/256/2523.987.2319.8010

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests1201487.002360.86002010
ODIs231551122511.2023447.86005040
T20Is1487208*20.0020100.00003010
FC73982910696915.49228646.760311114320
List A10256196076416.4087969.0501472290
T20s95442016322*6.7920579.5100171390

Jeffery Vandersay Last Matches/International Debut

National sideSri Lanka (2015–present)
Only Test (cap 158)29 June 2022 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 168)28 December 2015 v New Zealand
Last ODI8 January 2024 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap 56)30 July 2015 v Pakistan
Last T20I27 February 2022 v India

Jeffery Vandersay Social Media

InstagramJeffrey Vandersay (@vandersay46)
TwitterJeffrey Vandersay (@Vandersay) · X

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Jeffrey Vandersay Net Worth

According to the reports of 2024, his net worth is estimated to be  $1 million, and he mainy earned this through his engagemants with Sri Lankan nationa team, local premier leagues, endordsements. His financial status mirrors his prosperous cricket career and future potential in sport.

Conclusion

Jeffrey Vandersay is an outsmart Sri Lankan professional cricketer who showed his outstanding kills in various stages of the match. He is desperate to perrform for his team and he is bowler who gave better benefits in the future for Sri lanka cricket. I Hope gyus you all enjoyed by reading my article on Jeffrey Vandersay Biography, Age, Family, Height, Networth, Profile & More, if you like my article please comment and share.

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