He is a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batsman who most recently played for Middlesex County Cricket Club.
Rayner hit a century in the first match of his first-class career, against the touring Sri Lankan cricket team, becoming the first Sussex player to do so for 86 years.
[2] In spite of this strong start, the beginning of his County Championship career was shaky, though he put in an occasional good spell with the ball.
[5] In the 2013 season, Rayner took 46 wickets at an average of 22.0,[6] lifting him into some discussion of landing a place in the England Lions cricket team.
[9] In May 2019, he was named in Germany's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.