Michael Swart

Who is Michael Swart?

Michael Richard Swart is an Australian professional cricketer who is the current vice-captain of the Netherlands national cricket team and has represented them at both One Day International and Twenty20 International level. He formerly played for Western Australia in Australian domestic matches.

Born in Perth, Swart was a member of the state under-19 teams in 2000 and 2001 that were captained by Brett Jones and Shaun Marsh, respectively. 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. Whilst he made a duck in his first List A game, a few weeks later he made an impressive 83 runs in his debut Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania. In May 2010 he was awarded a contract with the Warriors for the 2010–11 season. He scored his maiden century in October 2010 against Victoria at the WACA Ground.

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.