Michael Grant McKillop (born 24 April 1981) is a Zimbabwean first-class cricketer and field hockey player who also served as the captain of the

Zimbabwe men's national field hockey team The Zimbabwe men's national field hockey team is the team that represents Zimbabwe in the sport of field hockey. Field hockey has the second biggest player base in the country after football. Currently, Zimbabwe has four pitches, two in Bulawayo ...

. He has played for

Matabeleland Matabeleland is a region located in southwestern Zimbabwe that is divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo, and Matabeleland South. These provinces are in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi r ...

team in nine first-class cricket matches.

Personal life

His Step-father,

Collin Williams Collin Ray Williams (1 November 1961 – 24 April 2022) was a Zimbabwean cricketer. He played for Matabeleland in five first-class matches and one List A match. He was also the coach of Zimbabwe field hockey team. Personal life Collin W ...

was a Zimbabwean first-class cricketer and a former field hockey coach and his mother,

Patricia McKillop Patricia ("Pat") Jean McKillop, ''née'' Fraser, and now Buckle also simply known as Pat McKillop (born July 15, 1956) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summ ...

is a Zimbabwean woman field hockey player who was also a key member of the Zimbabwean field hockey team which claimed gold medal at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. His step brother, Sean Williams is also a cricketer who later went onto play international cricket for

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

since 2005 while Matthew Williams his fellow step brother is also a first-class cricketer playing for

Matabeleland Tuskers The Matabeleland Tuskers is one of five Zimbabwean cricket franchises. They are a first-class cricket team, based in the Bulawayo Metropolitan and Matabeleland North area. They play their home matches at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. They were ...

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* 1981 births Living people Zimbabwean cricketers Zimbabwean male field hockey players Matabeleland cricketers White Zimbabwean sportspeople Cricketers from Bulawayo {{Zimbabwe-fieldhockey-bio-stub