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| Full name | Michael David Rae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 293) | 10 December 2025 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 18 December 2025 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014/15–2022/23 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24– | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 May 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.56 In November 2020, Rae was named in the New Zealand A cricket team for practice matches against the touring West Indies team.78
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
References
- "Michael Rae". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- "Tour match, Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Nelson, Jan 3 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- "Plunket Shield, 2017/18 - Otago: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- "Devon Conway included in New Zealand A squad to face West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- "Nicholls, Conway & Young to face West Indies in Queenstown". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- "Ford Trophy: Michael Rae's remarkable seven-wicket haul can't avert Otago defeat to Auckland". Stuff. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- "Plunket Shield: Otago's Michael Rae, Dale Phillips combine for rare bowler-fielder hat-trick". Stuff. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.