Michael Guptill-Bunce

{{short description|New Zealander cricketer (born 1989)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2015}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Michael Guptill-Bunce

| image =

| fullname = Michael Luke Guptill-Bunce

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|4|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Wicket-keeper

| club1 = Auckland

| year1 = {{nowrap|2012/13–2018/19}}

| hidedeliveries = true

| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 38

| runs1 = 2,290

| bat avg1 = 32.71

| 100s/50s1 = 3/15

| top score1 = 189

| catches/stumpings1 = 35/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 11

| runs2 = 253

| bat avg2 = 23.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/2

| top score2 = 73

| catches/stumpings2 = 5/–

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 5

| runs3 = 36

| bat avg3 = 5.60

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 11

| catches/stumpings3 = 12/1

| date = 25 February 2021

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/330220.html Cricinfo

}}

Michael Luke Guptill-Bunce (born 7 April 1989) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Auckland.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/330220.html |title=Michael Guptill-Bunce |access-date=29 October 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his Twenty20 debut for Auckland on 4 December 2016 in the 2016–17 Super Smash.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1053273.html |title=Super Smash, Auckland v Otago at Auckland, Dec 4, 2016 |access-date=4 December 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season for Auckland, with 517 runs in ten matches.{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12046;team=2510;type=tournament |title=Plunket Shield, 2017/18 - Auckland: Batting and bowling averages |access-date=4 April 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Auckland for the 2018–19 season.{{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 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=15 June 2018}} In September 2018, he was named in the Auckland Aces' squad for the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy.{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1809/S00327/auckland-aces-to-face-the-world-in-abu-dhabi.htm |title=Auckland Aces to face the world in Abu Dhabi |work=Scoop |access-date=27 September 2018}}

He is the cousin of fellow opener, Martin Guptill.