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Michael Rae

Cricket player · Bowler · New Zealand

Michael Rae

Michael Rae appears in 25 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (25 Oct 2025 to 27 Mar 2026). 86 runs in 10 innings. 61 wickets from 399.1 overs. 138 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.

Player profile

Country
New Zealand
Role
Bowler
Batting
Right-hand bat
Bowling
Right-arm fast-medium
Born
13 Jun 1995 Age 31
Recorded matches
13813 internationals

Michael Rae is a bowler from New Zealand with 138 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 13 internationals (2 Tests, 11 ODIs).

Batting: 579 runs across all recorded formats, with 0 hundreds and 0 fifties; the most runs came in First-class cricket (351) and the highest recorded score is 36.

Bowling: 279 wickets in recorded matches, 140 of them in First-class cricket, with 5 five-wicket hauls.

Career figures by format

Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.

Michael Rae: batting and bowling figures by format in FairPlay's recorded data
FormatMatInnsRunsHSAvgSR100/50WktsBowl avgEcon5w
Test21131313.00118.20/0828.383.470
ODI117463315.33115.00/01927.956.081
T20 (league and domestic)4512421610.50131.30/05423.949.320
First-class4254351369.2449.30/014031.313.492
List A38141273315.88130.90/05828.405.292

Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.

Michael Rae at a glance

FairPlay holds 25 complete scorecards featuring Michael Rae, most recently for Canterbury Kings (T20 and shorter, one-day, first-class).

In those matches Michael Rae batted 10 times for 86 runs at a strike rate of 69.92. The highest score was 29 off 16 balls against Central Stags.

With the ball: 61 wickets from 399.1 overs, an economy rate of 3.87. Best figures: 5 for 15 against Wellington Firebirds.

How the 7 dismissals happened: bowled 4, caught 3.

These matches were played at 9 different grounds.

Figures in FairPlay's scorecards

Batting
103862912.2969.920/0
Bowling
32399.1561,544615/153.87

Match by match

Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.

DateMatch
27 Mar 2026Auckland Aces v Canterbury KingsBat 2 (21) · Bowl 3/66 (24) & 1/62 (20)
18 Mar 2026Canterbury Kings v Central StagsBat 7 (8) · Bowl 4/73 (20.1) & 2/35 (10)
9 Mar 2026Wellington Firebirds v Canterbury KingsBat 5 (7) · Bowl 3/57 (14) & 2/58 (14.4)
28 Feb 2026Canterbury Kings v Otago VoltsBat 0 (5) · Bowl 2/70 (21.5)
22 Feb 2026Canterbury Kings v Central StagsBat – · Bowl 1/55 (10)
17 Feb 2026Central Stags v Canterbury KingsBat 29 (16) · Bowl 3/51 (10)
13 Feb 2026Canterbury Kings v Wellington FirebirdsBat – · Bowl 5/15 (5.2)
7 Feb 2026Canterbury Kings v Northern BraveBat – · Bowl 2/28 (8)
4 Feb 2026Auckland Aces v Canterbury KingsBat – · Bowl 0/17 (6)
31 Jan 2026Northern Brave v Canterbury KingsBat – · Bowl 3/37 (4)
30 Jan 2026Auckland Aces v Canterbury KingsBat – · Bowl 2/39 (4)
25 Jan 2026Canterbury Kings v Northern BraveBat – · Bowl 1/16 (2.2)
23 Jan 2026Canterbury Kings v Wellington FirebirdsBat – · Bowl 0/36 (3)
3 Jan 2026Central Stags v Canterbury KingsBat – · Bowl 0/32 (4)
1 Jan 2026Canterbury Kings v Central StagsBat – · Bowl 1/36 (4)
18 Dec 2025New Zealand v West IndiesBat – · Bowl 2/89 (21.2) & 0/26 (14)
10 Dec 2025New Zealand v West IndiesBat 13 (11) · Bowl 3/67 (18) & 3/45 (12)
5 Dec 2025Central Stags v Canterbury KingsBat 19* (23) · Bowl 3/65 (17)
26 Nov 2025Otago Volts v Canterbury KingsBat – · Bowl 1/57 (20) & 0/58 (24.3)
18 Nov 2025Canterbury Kings v Northern BraveBat 9* (22) & 1 (9) · Bowl 4/45 (18) & 2/55 (21)
12 Nov 2025Canterbury Kings v Central StagsBat – · Bowl 1/61 (10)
8 Nov 2025Northern Brave v Canterbury KingsBat – · Bowl 3/43 (9)
3 Nov 2025Canterbury Kings v Auckland AcesBat – · Bowl 2/60 (10)
30 Oct 2025Wellington Firebirds v Canterbury KingsBat 1* (1) · Bowl 1/51 (9)
25 Oct 2025Canterbury Kings v Otago VoltsBat – · Bowl 1/39 (10)

Canterbury Kings's next match

Central Stags v Canterbury Kings, The Ford Trophy, 8 Nov 2026 at McLean Park.

The playing XI is named at the toss, so this does not mean Michael Rae has been selected.

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