Full name Michael Durant
Born February 12, 1983, Springbok (Namaqualand, South Africa)
Current age 25 years 239 days
Major teams Namibia
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
7
11
0
127
28
11.54
644
19.72
0
0
14
0
4
0
List A
6
6
0
42
12
7.00
92
45.65
0
0
2
1
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
7
9
600
345
7
2/51
2/51
49.28
3.45
85.7
0
0
0
List A
6
5
138
137
2
1/32
1/32
68.50
5.95
69.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
Namibia v Canada at Windhoek, Oct 25-28, 2007 scorecard
Last First-class
Northerns v Namibia at Pretoria, Feb 21-22, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
Namibia v North West at Windhoek, Oct 21, 2007 scorecard
Last List A
Gauteng v Namibia at Johannesburg, Feb 17, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Having lots of potential means very little until it is fulfilled, and Michael Durand took a step closer to such fulfillment when finally breaking into the senior Namibia side in October 2007 for their Intercontinental Cup victory over Canada.
Although he hardly set the world alight in that match, he did pick up a wicket in his sole over in the first innings as well as showing good agility in the field, taking three catches.
He represented Namibia in the 2002 Under-19 World Cup where his form was slow to start with but improved throughout the tournament, culminating with scores of 53 not out in the win over Canada and 48 in the defeat to Zimbabwe.
He also collected 3 for 21 versus Canada, helping him to a tournament average of 21.33 with the ball. He then toured Zimbabwe with the full side in 2004 but in matches against Zimbabwe A and Zimbabwe Under-19s he did not bowl and batted at 10, only coming to the crease twice.
Now that he has come back into contention, after missing out on selection for the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean, the time could be right for him to nail down a place for the next few years.
