Michael Levitt (cricketer)

Michael Levitt

Personal information
Full name	Michael Levitt
Born	(2003-06-19) 19 June 2003 (age 22)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Top order batter
International information
National side	Netherlands
ODI debut(cap  86)	17 February 2024 v  Nepal
Last ODI	12 June 2025 v  Scotland
T20I debut(cap  59)	28 February 2024 v  Nepal
Last T20I	7 February 2026 v  Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I Matches 17 27 Runs scored 443 890 Batting average 26.05 35.60 100s/50s 0/1 1/6 Top score 57 135 Balls bowled 450 96 Wickets 9 5 Bowling average 39.44 27.80 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 3/49 3/11 Catches/stumpings 5/– 7/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 February 2026

Michael Levitt (born 19 June 2003) is a South African-Dutch cricketer who plays international cricket for the Netherlands. He currently holds the record for the highest score by a Dutch player in Twenty20 International cricket.

Early life and career

Levitt was born in South Africa. His maternal grandfather was born in Harderwijk in the Netherlands, making Levitt eligible for a Dutch passport. He attended South African College High School in Cape Town, South Africa, where he played in the school's first eleven at the age of 14. After graduating from high school he began working as a gap PE teacher in London. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

While living in England, Levitt played club cricket for Stanmore Cricket Club in the Middlesex Premier Cricket League and hoped to make a career in county cricket with Middlesex County Cricket Club. He was contacted by Ryan Cook, the coach of the Netherlands national cricket team, who had learned of his Dutch passport offered for him to play cricket for the Netherlands. As a result, Levitt moved to the Netherlands in March 2023 and began playing in the Dutch domestic system for Voorburg Cricket Club in The Hague. ^{[1] [2] [3]} After just his first season in the country, in May 2023, Levitt was included in the Dutch squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe as a traveling reserve, ^{[4] [5] [6]} but he was not required to play and was not included in the Netherlands' squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. ^{[2] [3]}

International cricket

In January 2024, Levitt went on a pre-season camp with the Dutch team to the Gary Kirsten Cricket Academy in Cape Town, where he worked on his batting with fellow Dutch cricketer Max O'Dowd before playing his first international matches for the Netherlands in February 2024 in Nepal. ^[2] He made his debuts in both One Day International (17 February) and Twenty20 International (28 February) cricket as part of the 2024 Nepal Tri-Nation Series. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]} He scored a half-century in his first Twenty20 International against Nepal, becoming the second Dutch player to score a half-century on debut, and then in his second match scored 135 against Namibia, breaking the record for the highest score by a Dutch player in the format. ^[1] Levitt played four matches for the Netherlands in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup. ^{[1] [11]}

Levitt was an important player for the Netherlands in the 2025 Scotland Tri-Nation Series. In the Netherlands' Twenty20 match against Nepal on 16 June, Levitt hit the winning runs for the Netherlands in the third super over. This was the first time a men's professional cricket match had required three super overs to determine the winner. ^{[12] [13]} He was then given player-of-the-match awards on back-to-back days for scores of 90 against Scotland on 18 June and 86 against Nepal on 19 June. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

References

1. Kamionsky, Saul (27 June 2024). "Cape cricketer's cup runneth over for Netherlands". South African Jewish Report. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
2. Hathi, Malhar (18 May 2024). "Dutch batsman Michael Levitt set to turn heads at T20 World Cup". Dutch News. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
3. Mirza, Firoz (4 June 2024). "Former gap PE teacher Levitt set to light up T20 WC for Dutch". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
4. "Dutch squad for Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe announced". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
5. "Ackermann, Klaassen, van der Merwe absent from Netherlands squad for World Cup Qualifier". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
6. "Michael Levitt and Noah Croes in Dutch World Cup Qualifier squad". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
7. "Dutch men's cricket team to visit Nepal". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
8. "Netherlands and Namibia to tour Nepal for ODIs and T20Is". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
9. "2nd ODI, Kirtipur, February 17, 2024, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
10. "2nd Match, Kirtipur, February 28, 2024, Nepal Triangular Series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
11. "Netherlands' Squad for ICC Men's T20I World Cup". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
12. Pegan, Martin (17 June 2025). "Netherlands triumph in historic T20 after three super overs against Nepal". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
13. Drury, Sam (16 June 2025). "Historic three super overs as Netherlands beat Nepal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
14. O'Neill, George (18 June 2025). "Levitt leads Dutch to comfortable win over Scotland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
15. "Levitt 90 leads Netherlands to victory over Scotland". ESPNcricinfo. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
16. "Levitt 86 in vain as Nepal chase down 175 to top table". ESPNcricinfo. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2026.

External links

• Michael Levitt  at ESPNcricinfo