Full Name

Michael-Kyle Steven Pepper

Born

June 25, 1998, Harlow, Essex

Age

27y 39d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Wicketkeeper Batter

RELATIONS

(brother)

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

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC36565168714033.07268562.835620319914
List A7501346326.80111120.720121600
T20s110108112601120*26.811709152.19214285108452

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC36------------
List A7------------
T20s110------------

Michael Pepper T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Vitality BlastESS7776102109120*31.951320159.7721221996330
ILT20ADKR161603195919.93232137.500244852
Men's 1002 teams171611732711.53157110.190022470

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Vitality BlastESS77------------
ILT20ADKR16------------
Men's 1002 teams17------------

Recent Matches of Michael Pepper

MatchBatWktDateGroundFormat
Essex vs Warwickshire107*0c/1s29-Jul-2025ChelmsfordFC
Essex vs Sussex445c/0s & 1c/0s22-Jul-2025HoveFC
Essex vs Kent28--18-Jul-2025CanterburyT20
Essex vs Hampshire23--17-Jul-2025ChelmsfordT20
Essex vs Sussex87*--11-Jul-2025ChelmsfordT20

Photos of Michael Pepper

Craig Overton celebrates after hitting the winning runs
Michael Pepper smacked six fours and two sixes
Michael Pepper hit a half-century
Michael Pepper and Paul Walter got Essex over the line
Michael Pepper slammed 64 from 34 balls
Michael Pepper reverse-sweeps during his half-century