Michael Rippon

Michael James Rippon (born 14 September 1991) is a Dutch-South African cricketer. Rippon is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm unorthodox spin. He was born in Cape Town. After representing the Netherlands cricket team, Rippon is now eligible to play for the New Zealand team.

Michael Rippon
Personal information
Full nameMichael James Rippon
Born (1991-09-14) 14 September 1991
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm unorthodox spin
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 58)7 July 2013 v Ireland
Last ODI3 August 2018 v Nepal
T20I debut (cap 27)19 April 2013 v Namibia
Last T20I29 July 2018 v Nepal
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011Cape Cobras
2011–2012Western Province
2012–2013Sussex
2017–presentOtago
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 6 18 28 70
Runs scored 71 216 1,339 1,449
Batting average 26.66 30.85 29.10 30.18
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 1/7 0/10
Top score 51 42 106 83
Balls bowled 252 304 3,900 3,199
Wickets 10 15 65 101
Bowling average 16.70 20.66 33.64 25.18
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/37 3/8 5/33 5/21
Catches/stumpings 4/– 4/– 8/– 25/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 October 2020

Early career in South Africa

Educated at Rondebosch Boys' High School, Rippon made his Twenty20 debut for Cape Cobras against the Knights in the 2010–11 Standard Bank Pro20. He made five further appearances for the Cobras in that competition, with his final appearance coming in the final of the competition against the Warriors.[1] In his six appearances in the competition, Rippon took 4 wickets at an average of 31.75, with best figures of 2/28.[2] It was in that same season that he made his debut for Western Province in a List A match against Boland.[3]

The following season, Rippon made his first-class debut for Western Province against KwaZulu-Natal Inland at the City Oval, Pietermaritzburg, in the CSA Provincial Three-Day Competition. He made two further first-class appearances during the competition, against Boland and Easterns.[4] He scored 40 runs in his three first-class matches,[5] and took 6 wickets at an average of 45.33, with best figures of 3/34.[6] He also made four Twenty20 appearances for Western Province in the 2011–12 CSA Provincial T20,[1] taking 6 wickets at an average of 18.16, with best figures of 3/24.[2]

Career in England and New Zealand

Rippon signed for English county side Sussex for the 2012 season, signing a contract which keeps him there until the end of the 2013 season.[7] Having spent much of the 2012 season playing for the Sussex Second XI, he made his senior debut for the county in the 2012 Friends Life t20 against Kent at the County Ground, Hove. He took figures of 4/23 on debut to help Sussex to an 83 run victory.[8] He has since made two further appearances in the competition, against Surrey at The Oval, and Hampshire at the Rose Bowl.[1] Rippon has suggested he may want to qualify for England.

In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Otago for the 2018–19 season.[9] In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[10][11]

International career

In July 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' One Day International (ODI) squad, for their series against Nepal.[12] He is now elligable to be selected by the New Zealand national cricket team. In November 2020, Rippon was named in the New Zealand A cricket team for practice matches against the touring West Indies team.[13][14]

T20 franchise career

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[15]

References
  1. "Twenty20 Matches played by Michael Rippon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  2. "Twenty20 Bowling For Each Team by Michael Rippon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. "List A Matches played by Michael Rippon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  4. "First-Class Matches played by Michael Rippon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  5. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Michael Rippon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  6. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Michael Rippon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  7. "Michael signs on for Sussex". Sussex County Cricket Club. 29 June 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  8. "Sussex debutant Michael Rippon takes four wickets to beat Kent". BBC Sport. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  9. "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  10. "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  11. "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  12. "Selecties Nederlands XI voor Lord's en Nepal". KNCB. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  13. "Devon Conway included in New Zealand A squad to face West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  14. "Nicholls, Conway & Young to face West Indies in Queenstown". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  15. "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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