{{short description|Dutch-South African cricketer}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Michael Rippon | image = | country = Netherlands | fullname = Michael James Rippon | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|9|14}} | birth_place = Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Left-arm unorthodox spin | role = All-rounder | international = true | internationalspan = 2013–2022 | country2 = New Zealand | internationalspan2 = 2022 | odidebutdate = 7 July | odidebutyear = 2013 | odidebutfor = Netherlands | odidebutagainst = Ireland | odicap = 58 | lastodidate = 4 April | lastodiyear = 2022 | lastodifor = Netherlands | lastodiagainst = New Zealand | odishirt = 91 | T20Idebutdate = 19 April | T20Idebutyear = 2013 | T20Idebutfor = Netherlands | T20Idebutagainst = Namibia | T20Icap = 27 | T20Icap2 = 94 | lastT20Idate = 29 July | lastT20Iyear = 2022 | lastT20Ifor = New Zealand | lastT20Iagainst = Scotland | T20Ishirt = 91 | club1 = Cape Cobras | year1 = 2010/11 | club2 = Western Province | year2 = {{nowrap|2010/11–2011/12}} | club3 = Sussex | year3 = 2012–2013 | club4 = Otago | year4 = {{nowrap|2016/17–2022/23}} | club5 = Canterbury | year5 = 2023/24–present | columns = 4 | column1 = ODI | matches1 = 9 | runs1 = 180 | bat avg1 = 30.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/2 | top score1 = 67 | deliveries1 = 402 | wickets1 = 13 | bowl avg1 = 23.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 4/37 | catches/stumpings1 = 4/– | column2 = T20I | matches2 = 19 | runs2 = 216 | bat avg2 = 30.85 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 42 | deliveries2 = 328 | wickets2 = 17 | bowl avg2 = 20.41 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 3/8 | catches/stumpings2 = 4/– | column3 = FC | matches3 = 65 | runs3 = 2,696 | bat avg3 = 28.37 | 100s/50s3 = 1/13 | top score3 = 106 | deliveries3 = 8,905 | wickets3 = 156 | bowl avg3 = 34.08 | fivefor3 = 4 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 6/66 | catches/stumpings3 = 34/– | column4 = LA | matches4 = 125 | runs4 = 2,677 | bat avg4 = 33.04 | 100s/50s4 = 0/18 | top score4 = 84 | deliveries4 = 5,424 | wickets4 = 160 | bowl avg4 = 28.66 | fivefor4 = 2 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 5/21 | catches/stumpings4 = 47/– | date = 20 January | year = 2026 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/380956.html ESPNcricinfo |club6=Rangpur Riders|year6=2023/24|club7=Vancouver Knights|year7=2024}} '''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.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/michael-rippon-380956|title=Michael Rippon|access-date=30 July 2022|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
==Personal life== Rippon was born in Cape Town on 14 September 1991.<ref name="Bio"/> 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.<ref name=bdj>{{cite news|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/121699/the-michael-rippon-interview|title=Orange is the current black for Michael Rippon|publisher=Cricbuzz|date=29 March 2022|accessdate=31 July 2022}}</ref> He attended Rondebosch Boys' High School in Cape Town.<ref name="Bio"/>
==Early career in South Africa== 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.<ref name="T20M">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/394/394525/Twenty20_Matches.html|title=Twenty20 Matches played by Michael Rippon|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref> In his six appearances in the competition, Rippon took 4 wickets at an average of 31.75, with best figures of 2/28.<ref name="T20BOWL">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/394/394525/tt_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=Twenty20 Bowling For Each Team by Michael Rippon|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref> It was in that same season that he made his debut for Western Province in a List A match against Boland.<ref name="LAM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/394/394525/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Michael Rippon|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref>
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.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/394/394525/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Michael Rippon|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref> He scored 40 runs in his three first-class matches,<ref name="FCBAT">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/394/394525/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Michael Rippon|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref> and took 6 wickets at an average of 45.33, with best figures of 3/34.<ref name="FCBOWL">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/394/394525/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Michael Rippon|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref> He also made four Twenty20 appearances for Western Province in the 2011–12 CSA Provincial T20,<ref name="T20M"/> taking 6 wickets at an average of 18.16, with best figures of 3/24.<ref name="T20BOWL"/>
==Career in England and New Zealand== Rippon signed for English county Sussex for the 2012 season, signing a contract which kept him there until the end of the 2013 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussexcricket.co.uk/news-1/rippon-michael-signs-on-for-sussex|title=Michael signs on for Sussex|date=29 June 2012|publisher=Sussex County Cricket Club|access-date=8 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023002917/http://www.sussexcricket.co.uk/news-1/rippon-michael-signs-on-for-sussex|archive-date=23 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/18642051|title=Sussex debutant Michael Rippon takes four wickets to beat Kent|date=29 June 2012|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref> He has since made two further appearances in the competition, against Surrey at The Oval, and Hampshire at the Rose Bowl.<ref name="T20M"/> 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.<ref name="con1819">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23797021/central-districts-drop-jesse-ryder-contracts-list |title=Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=15 June 2018}}</ref> In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29312525/daryl-mitchell,-jeet-raval-finn-allen-major-domestic-moves |title=Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/121831138/auckland-lose-jeet-raval-to-northern-districts-finn-allen-to-wellington-in-domestic-contracts |title=Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts |publisher=Stuff|location=New Zealand |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>
Ahead of the 2023-24 domestic season, Rippon signed with Canterbury.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finn Allen returns to Auckland, Kyle Jamieson to Canterbury |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/finn-allen-returns-to-auckland-kyle-jamieson-to-canterbury-1385659 |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>
==International career== In July 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' One Day International (ODI) squad, for their series against Nepal.<ref name="NedSquad2">{{cite web |url=http://kncb.nl/selecties-nederlands-xi-lords-en-nepal/ |title=Selecties Nederlands XI voor Lord's en Nepal |work=KNCB |access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30300533/new-zealand-vs-west-indies,-2020-21-devon-conway-included-new-zealand-squad-face-west-indies |title=Devon Conway included in New Zealand A squad to face West Indies |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/nicholls-conway-and-young-to-face-west-indies-in-queenstown |title=Nicholls, Conway & Young to face West Indies in Queenstown |work=New Zealand Cricket |access-date=12 November 2020 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112184042/https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/nicholls-conway-and-young-to-face-west-indies-in-queenstown |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Left-arm wristspinner Michael Rippon earns maiden call-up for New Zealand |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/nz-tour-of-ireland-scotland-netherlands-left-arm-wristspinner-michael-rippon-earns-maiden-call-up-1320738 |access-date=2022-06-21 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1307478.html |title=2nd T20I, Edinburgh, July 29, 2022, New Zealand tour of Scotland |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref> and the first left-arm wristspinner to represent New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Rippon becomes first left-arm wristspinner picked by New Zealand |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/nz-tour-of-ireland-scotland-netherlands-michael-rippon-becomes-first-left-arm-wristspinner-picked-by-new-zealand-1320738 |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>
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