Michael Swart Cricketer
Michael Richard "Micky" Swart (born 1 October 1982) is an Australian cricketer for the Bootle Cricket Team who plays as an opening batsman. Swart was a member of the Western Australian Under-19 teams in 2000 and 2001 that were captained by Brett Jones and Shaun Marsh. 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. His father was born in the Netherlands, enabling Swart to hold a Dutch passport and being eligible to represent the country. He had previously rejected an offer to join the team at the Twenty20 World Cup, preferring to concentrate on maintaining his position in the Western Warriors team. However in the following days it appeared that he was unlikely to play at the World Cup, with both Borren's injury being less severe than first thought and a Dutch selector denying that Swart had been approached. The previous week Swart had been dropped from the Warriors squad after being charged with assaulting an opponent, Billy Godleman, in a grade cricket match between Joondalup and Bayswater-Morley. He was later found guilty by the WACA tribunal and suspended for three matches, with the tribunal rejecting his defence that he was only acting in self-defence. The following week the conviction and suspension was overturned upon appeal. Swart's contract with the Warriors was not renewed for the 2011/2012 season, instead signing with Bootle Cricket Club in England