Michael Rippon

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.

Personal life Rippon was born in Cape Town on 14 September 1991. He attended Rondebosch Boys' High School in Cape Town. In his six appearances in the competition, Rippon took 4 wickets at an average of 31.75, with best figures of 2/28. It was in that same season that he made his debut for Western Province in a List A match against Boland.

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. He scored 40 runs in his three first-class matches, and took 6 wickets at an average of 45.33, with best figures of 3/34. He also made four Twenty20 appearances for Western Province in the 2011–12 CSA Provincial T20, 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. He has since made two further appearances in the competition, against Surrey at The Oval, and Hampshire at the Rose Bowl. In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.

Ahead of the 2023-24 domestic season, Rippon signed with Canterbury.

International career In July 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' One Day International (ODI) squad, for their series against Nepal. 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.

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. 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, and the first left-arm wristspinner to represent New Zealand.