Northern Cape batsman Jonathan Vandiar retired from professional cricket recently.
Vandiar’s first-class career spanned 115 matches from 2007 to 2024. His final professional fixture was for Northern Cape in the One-Day Cup, division two, against Mpumalanga in March 2025.
Vandiar also played for the Lions, Dolphins, Titans, Knights, Tuskers and South Africa A – and hit 11 first-class, seven List A and one T20 century.
He was included in the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s squad for the 2011 Indian Premier League, but did not play a match.
Vandiar played in two editions of the Champions League Twenty20 – first for the Lions and later for the Dolphins.
Jonathan Vandiar.
Vandiar has joined several other retiring professional cricketers in South Africa recently, including:
- Western Province’s Yaseen Vallie;
- Dolphins’ Sarel Erwee;
- South Western Districts’ Kelly Smuts and Keenan Vieira;
- North West’s Matthew Kleinveldt; and
- Easterns’ Divan Posthumus and Shaylen Pillay.
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