Michael James Rippon (born 14 September 1991) is a South African-born cricketer. He current plays international cricket for New Zealand, having previously also played for the Netherlands national cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm unorthodox spin.[1]
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| Full name | Michael James Rippon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 September 1991 Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm unorthodox spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 58) | 7 July 2013 Netherlands v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 4 April 2022 Netherlands v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 27/94) | 19 April 2013 Netherlands v Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 29 July 2022 New Zealand v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010/11 | Cape Cobras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010/11–2011/12 | Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016/17–2022/23 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
editRippon was born in Cape Town on 14 September 1991.[1] He lived in the Netherlands for three years as a young child, his Dutch grandfather having immigrated to South Africa in the 1970s. He began playing club cricket in the Netherlands at the age of 15, after his coach Ryan Maron recruited him to play for VRA Amsterdam.[2] He attended Rondebosch Boys' High School in Cape Town.[1]
Early career in South Africa
editRippon 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.[3] In his six appearances in the competition, Rippon took 4 wickets at an average of 31.75, with best figures of 2/28.[4] It was in that same season that he made his debut for Western Province in a List A match against Boland.[5]
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.[6] He scored 40 runs in his three first-class matches,[7] and took 6 wickets at an average of 45.33, with best figures of 3/34.[8] He also made four Twenty20 appearances for Western Province in the 2011–12 CSA Provincial T20,[3] taking 6 wickets at an average of 18.16, with best figures of 3/24.[4]
Career in England and New Zealand
editRippon signed for English county Sussex for the 2012 season, signing a contract which kept him there until the end of the 2013 season.[9] 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.[10] He has since made two further appearances in the competition, against Surrey at The Oval, and Hampshire at the Rose Bowl.[3] 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.[11] In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[12][13]
International career
editIn July 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' One Day International (ODI) squad, for their series against Nepal.[14] He is now eligible 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.[15][16] After starring for the Netherlands in games against New Zealand in 2021, Rippon was selected for his newest adopted nation – New Zealand – in June 2022. The team scheduled games against Ireland, Scotland and his former side the Netherlands in the T20 format of the game.[17] He made his T20I debut for New Zealand on 29 July 2022, against Scotland, becoming the 14th cricketer to represent two international teams in T20Is.[18]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Michael Rippon". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Orange is the current black for Michael Rippon". Cricbuzz. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ a b c "Twenty20 Matches played by Michael Rippon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Twenty20 Bowling For Each Team by Michael Rippon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "List A Matches played by Michael Rippon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Michael Rippon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Michael Rippon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Michael Rippon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "Michael signs on for Sussex". Sussex County Cricket Club. 29 June 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "Sussex debutant Michael Rippon takes four wickets to beat Kent". BBC Sport. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". New Zealand: Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Selecties Nederlands XI voor Lord's en Nepal". KNCB. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Devon Conway included in New Zealand A squad to face West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Nicholls, Conway & Young to face West Indies in Queenstown". New Zealand Cricket. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Left-arm wristspinner Michael Rippon earns maiden call-up for New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "2nd T20I, Edinburgh, July 29, 2022, New Zealand tour of Scotland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 July 2022.