Background
He was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province and was educated at Wellington College.
He was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province and was educated at Wellington College.
University of Durham. Wellington College.
Durandt is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium. Durandt made a single Minor Counties Championship appearance for Berkshire against Cheshire in 2009. Later, while studying for his degree in Sport at Collingwood College, Durham, Durandt made his first-class debut for Durham MCCU against Nottinghamshire in 2010.
He has made four further first-class appearances for the team, the last of which came against Yorkshire in 2011.
In his five first-class matches, he scored 280 runs at an average of 40.00, with a high score of 131. This score came against Warwickshire in 2011.
With the ball, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 42.00, with best figures of 3/65. Durandt has also played for a number of county Second XI"son