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Michael Rae
Personal information
Full name
Michael David Rae
Born (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 29)
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014/15–2022/23Otago
2023/24–Canterbury
2024Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 58 34 40
Runs scored 543 146 54
Batting average 9.52 13.27 13.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 36 33 16
Balls bowled 8,900 1,606 730
Wickets 168 54 49
Bowling average 33.11 27.88 22.12
5 wickets in innings 2 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/18 7/35 3/13
Catches/stumpings 18/– 7/– 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 September 2024

Michael David Rae (born 13 June 1995) is a New Zealand first-class cricketer who plays for Canterbury.[1] He made his List A debut for New Zealand XI against Pakistan on 3 January 2018.[2]

He was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season for Otago, with 29 dismissals in ten matches.[3] In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Otago for the 2018–19 season.[4] In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[5][6] In November 2020, Rae was named in the New Zealand A cricket team for practice matches against the touring West Indies team.[7][8]

On 6 December 2020, in the third round of the 2020–21 Ford Trophy, Rae took the third-best figures in a domestic List A match in New Zealand, with 7 for 35 from his 10 overs.[9] In March 2021, in the 2020–21 Plunket Shield season, Rae took a hat-trick against Central Districts.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Michael Rae". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Tour match, Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Nelson, Jan 3 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Plunket Shield, 2017/18 - Otago: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Devon Conway included in New Zealand A squad to face West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Nicholls, Conway & Young to face West Indies in Queenstown". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Ford Trophy: Michael Rae's remarkable seven-wicket haul can't avert Otago defeat to Auckland". Stuff. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Plunket Shield: Otago's Michael Rae, Dale Phillips combine for rare bowler-fielder hat-trick". Stuff. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
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