Michael Rippon’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro South African cricketer
Is Athlete
Cricketer
From South Africa
Type Sports
Gender male
Birth

14 September 1991, Cape Town, South Africa

Age 29 years
Star sign Virgo
Education
Rondebosch Boys’ High School
Sports Teams
Netherlands national cricket team
Cape Cobras
Western Province cricket team
Sussex County Cricket Club
Otago cricket team

Michael James Rippon (born 14 September 1991) is a South African-born Dutch cricketer. Rippon is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm unorthodox spin. He was born in Cape Town.

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. 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, taking 6 wickets at an average of 18.16, with best figures of 3/24.

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. 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. 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.

International career

In July 2018, he was named in the Netherlands’ One Day International (ODI) squad, for their series against Nepal. He is now elligable to be selected by the Blackcaps

T20 franchise career

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

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