Michael Rae

{{Short description|New Zealander cricketer (born 1995)}}

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

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Michael Rae

| image =

| country = New Zealand

| fullname = Michael David Rae

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|6|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast

| role =

| club1 = Otago

| year1 = {{nowrap|2014/15–2022/23}}

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Canterbury

| year2 = 2023/24–

| clubnumber2 =

| club3 = Warwickshire

| year3 = 2024

| clubnumber3 =

| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 58

| runs1 = 543

| bat avg1 = 9.52

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 36

| deliveries1 = 8,900

| wickets1 = 168

| bowl avg1 = 33.11

| fivefor1 = 2

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/18

| catches/stumpings1 = 18/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 34

| runs2 = 146

| bat avg2 = 13.27

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 33

| deliveries2 = 1,606

| wickets2 = 54

| bowl avg2 = 27.88

| fivefor2 = 2

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 7/35

| catches/stumpings2 = 7/–

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 40

| runs3 = 54

| bat avg3 = 13.50

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 16

| deliveries3 = 730

| wickets3 = 49

| bowl avg3 = 22.12

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 3/13

| catches/stumpings3 = 10/–

| date = 8 September

| year = 2024

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/michael-rae-622772 Cricinfo

}}

Michael David Rae (born 13 June 1995) is a New Zealand first-class cricketer who plays for Canterbury.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/622772.html |title=Michael Rae |access-date=30 October 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his List A debut for New Zealand XI against Pakistan on 3 January 2018.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1115801.html |title=Tour match, Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Nelson, Jan 3 2018 |access-date=3 January 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

He was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season for Otago, with 29 dismissals in ten matches.{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12046;team=2621;type=tournament |title=Plunket Shield, 2017/18 - Otago: Batting and bowling averages |access-date=4 April 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Otago 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 June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29312525/daryl-mitchell,-jeet-raval-finn-allen-major-domestic-moves |title=Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=15 June 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/121831138/auckland-lose-jeet-raval-to-northern-districts-finn-allen-to-wellington-in-domestic-contracts |title=Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts |work=Stuff |date=15 June 2020 |access-date=15 June 2020}} In November 2020, Rae was named in the New Zealand A cricket team for practice matches against the touring West Indies team.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30300533/new-zealand-vs-west-indies,-2020-21-devon-conway-included-new-zealand-squad-face-west-indies |title=Devon Conway included in New Zealand A squad to face West Indies |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=12 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/nicholls-conway-and-young-to-face-west-indies-in-queenstown |title=Nicholls, Conway & Young to face West Indies in Queenstown |work=New Zealand Cricket |access-date=12 November 2020}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/123616697/ford-trophy-michael-raes-remarkable-sevenwicket-haul-cant-avert-otago-defeat-to-auckland |title=Ford Trophy: Michael Rae's remarkable seven-wicket haul can't avert Otago defeat to Auckland |work=Stuff |date=6 December 2020 |access-date=6 December 2020}} In March 2021, in the 2020–21 Plunket Shield season, Rae took a hat-trick against Central Districts.{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/124680746/plunket-shield-otagos-michael-rae-dale-phillips-combine-for-rare-bowlerfielder-hattrick |title=Plunket Shield: Otago's Michael Rae, Dale Phillips combine for rare bowler-fielder hat-trick |work=Stuff |date=28 March 2021 |access-date=28 March 2021}}