Wicketkeeper-batter Michael Pepper signed a summer contract with Essex in 2018 after a string of impressive performances for the 2nd XI in 2017. Pepper played his club cricket for Cambridge Granta in the East Anglian Premier League. His Championship debut came in a day-night affair against Somerset at Chelmsford in June that year. Essex held him in such high regard that they felt able to release their long-serving keeper James Foster at the end of the season.

Pepper made 92 in his fourth first-class match, against Durham at Chester-le-Street early in the 2021 season, but his promise was most obvious in white-ball cricket. He led the run-scoring for Essex in the Blast, and went further the following summer, smacking 439 runs at a strike rate of 163.19 - performances which won him a chance as a replacement for Northern Superchargers in the Hundred.
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Michael Pepper Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
FC	36	56	5	1687	140	33.07	2685	62.83	5	6	203	19	91	4
List A	7	5	0	134	63	26.80	111	120.72	0	1	21	6	0	0
T20s	118	115	12	2663	120*	25.85	1775	150.02	2	14	293	108	48	2

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
FC	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
List A	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20s	118	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Michael Pepper T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

Tournament	Teams	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Men's 100	2 teams	25	23	2	235	28	11.19	223	105.38	0	0	30	4	10	0
Vitality Blast	ESS	77	76	10	2109	120*	31.95	1320	159.77	2	12	219	96	33	0
ILT20	ADKR	16	16	0	319	59	19.93	232	137.50	0	2	44	8	5	2

Bowling

Tournament	Teams	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Men's 100	2 teams	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vitality Blast	ESS	77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ILT20	ADKR	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Recent Matches of Michael Pepper

Match	Bat	Wkt	Date	Ground	Format
N S-Chargers vs Originals	8	0c/0s	26-Aug-2025	Leeds	T20
N S-Chargers vs Invincibles	6*	1c/0s	23-Aug-2025	Leeds	T20
N S-Chargers vs Spirit	--	0c/0s	20-Aug-2025	Lord's	T20
N S-Chargers vs Originals	0	0c/0s	17-Aug-2025	Manchester	T20
N S-Chargers vs Phoenix	28	1c/0s	15-Aug-2025	Leeds	T20