rory kleinveldt Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
rory kleinveldt is a cricketer(sportsman) from South Africa. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Rory Keith Kleinveldt
Born
March 15, 1983, Cape Town, Cape Province
Age
40 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 4 | 10 | 6 | - |
Inn | 5 | 7 | 3 | - |
Runs | 27 | 105 | 25 | - |
Avg | 9.0 | 15.0 | 25.0 | - |
SR | 44.26 | 84.68 | 250.0 | - |
HS | 17 | 43 | 22 | - |
NO | 2 | 0 | 2 | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
50s | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
4s | 1 | 9 | 1 | - |
6s | 2 | 5 | 3 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 4 | 10 | 6 | - |
Inn | 7 | 10 | 6 | - |
Balls | 667 | 513 | 122 | - |
Runs | 423 | 448 | 173 | - |
Wkt | 10 | 12 | 9 | - |
BBI | 66 / 3 | 22 / 4 | 18 / 3 | - |
BBM | 97 / 4 | 22 / 4 | 18 / 3 | - |
Eco | 3.81 | 5.24 | 8.51 | - |
Avg | 42.3 | 37.33 | 19.22 | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Teams he has played for:
- MC Kleinveldt
- J Kleinveldt
- GR Kleinveldt
- South Africa
- Cape Cobras
- Hampshire
- South Africa A
- South Africa Under-19s
- Western Province
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Kleinveldt's contribution in the South African domestic scenario is impressive. He was part of the South African U-19 squad that made it to the finals of the 2002 U-19 tournament. After a brief stint with the South African Academy side, he was chosen to represent Western provinces. After struggling for a few matches, he picked up 6/22 against Border that sealed his place in the team. During his time with the team, he had issues with his weight and that led to one of his team-mates naming him the 'Big Show', a famous WWE wrestler.
Kleinveldt continued to put in the hard work and he was chosen to play for the Cape Cobras. He was part of the South Africa A squad in 2007 and briefly played for Hampshire in the 2008 County Championships as a Kolpak player. He went on to represent the Cobras in the inaugural Champions League T20 held in India where he picked up six wickets in five matches.
He was chosen in the South African team for the T20 World Cup in 2010 and he played against India at St. Lucia. He got the wicket of Murali Vijay in his first over. However, towards the end, he was hit all over the park by Suresh Raina and he finished up with 2/48 in four overs. Since then, Kleinveldt has never found a regular place in the squad. He has always been used as a back-up for the three premier fast bowlers when they are injured or rested. He has only played four Tests and a handful of ODIs. Out of chances given to him he has not been impressive nor made a claim for regular place in the side.
He plays for the Cape Cobras in the South African domestic league. He tested positive for the use of marijuana was immediately dropped from the Cobras T20 campaign in 2012. Since then he has lost some weight and is back into reckoning.
ByAkshay Maanay
As of April 2014
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
A burly and bustling allrounder, Rory Kleinveldt came from the assembly line of South Africa's seam-bowling, lower middle-order hitting two-in-ones. Although his potential was never fully realised at international level, he excelled domestically at home and on the county circuit.
Hailing from a cricketing family - Kleinveldt's uncle Johnny played under the South African Cricket Board pre-unity in 1991 - Kleinveldt was involved in the game from an early age. He was a member of South Africa's Under-19 team which made the final of the 2002 World Cup, and after a stint with the South African Academy side, he was fast-tracked into first-class cricket by Western Province in 2002-03.
After several impressive seasons with Cobras, He was rewarded with a spot in the South Africa A side touring India in 2007, and finally a call-up to the national one-day squad in October 2008. He did not get a game though, and went on to have a disastrous T20I debut - he scored 3 and bowled a wicketless 20-run over. He had to wait two years for another chance, which he got at the 2010 World T20, but another forgettable outing saw him left out of the team again.
Kleinveldt finally got a sustained run in 2012-13 season, when he made his Test debut in Australia. He was picked as part of an all-pace attack to bowl on what was expected to be a spicy Brisbane track, but went wicket-less on a flat surface. Better performances came in Adelaide and at home in Port Elizabeth against New Zealand, but in an attack with Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander, Kleinveldt struggled to nail down a regular place in Tests.
In limited-overs cricket, Kleinveldt played 10 ODIs in the first seven months of 2013 but middling performances saw him lose his place. He continued to play as a senior stalwart for Cobras and initially looked to try and claim back his national place but fell behind in a queue of upcoming quicks.
In 2015, his career took a different path when he signed for Northants. He was their leading bowler in the County Championship with 57 wickets from 13 matches and played a role in their T20 run to Finals Day. That summer, Kleinveldt confirmed he had no interest in resuming an international career and furnished CSA with a letter detailing that when he went to play at the Masters Champions League.
Although that tournament seemed to require that players retire from all forms of cricket, Kleinveldt continued to play for Cobras and signed for Northants in 2016 as well. He was a natural addition to a county that revelled in its nickname of The Chubsters and his competitive edge made him an instant favourite, both with the ball and as an increasingly dangerous hitter. A career-best 9 for 65 on a green pitch at Northampton was one of the highlights and contributed to an unexpected Northants promotion challenge in 2017 which only died on the final day of the season. He retired a year later, at 35, after a combative period in which he took 140 wickets for Northants and produced several combustible innings.
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