Jeffrey Vandersay

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Jeffrey Vandersay

Personal information
Full name	Jeffrey Dexter Francis Vandersay
Born	5 February 1990 (age 26) Wattala, Sri Lanka
Batting style	Right-handed
Role	Leg-break
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 168)	28 December 2015 v New Zealand
Last ODI	2 January 2016 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 56)	30 July 2015 v Pakistan
Last T20I	10 January 2016 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
	Moors SC
	Seeduwa Raddoluwa CC
	SSC
	Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 3 4 24 6 Runs scored 7 12 224 17 Batting average - - 12.44 5.66 100s/50s -/- -/- -/- -/- Top score 7* 8* 26 17 Balls bowled 78 72 4,101 222 Wickets 2 1 103 5 Bowling average 52.00 115.00 25.80 36.20 5 wickets in innings 0 0 6 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 n/a 0 Best bowling 2/55 - 7/77 2/16 Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 10/- 3/-
Source: Cricinfo, 10 January 2016

Jeffrey Dexter Francis Vandersay, or commonly Jeffrey Vandersay (born 5 February 1990) is a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer, who plays for Sri Lanka in ODIs and T20Is international level.^[1] He played in the tour match between SLCB President's XI and Pakistanis in June 2015.^[2]

International career

He made his Twenty20 International debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 30 July 2015. He was unable to take a wicket and finished with figures of 25 runs from 4 overs.^[3]
Vandersay made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Sri Lanka against New Zealand on 28 December 2015 as the 167th ODI player for Sri Lanka. He scored 7 runs not out in his first ODI innings, but in bowling, he was severely hit by Martin Guptill and in the end Vandersey conceded 34 runs in 2 overs. Sri Lanka lost the match by 10 wickets. ^[4] However, his first ODI wicket came during the 3rd ODI at Saxton Oval, when he dismissed Tom Latham for 42 runs.
He took his first Twenty20 International wicket by dismissed Corey Anderson in the first Twenty20 International against New Zealand at Bay Oval. Vandersay was originally included in to 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.^[5] He was later re-added to the squad after Lasith Malinga was ruled out with an injury.^[6]

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