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Profile & Biography
Matthew Kleinveldt is from a cricketing family, with a father, John, that took 44 wickets at 16.63 in first-class cricket but found his chances limited in the Apartheid-era. His cousin Rory went on to play for South Africa and uncle Gary good enough to play for Hampshire Second XI - which is where Matthew began his career, having been born in Southampton and schooled in England. He made several appearances for Hampshire, Essex and Sussex Second XIs and was offered a contract by Hampshire but was unable to take it up due to visa regulations.
As a result, he joined his cousin in South Africa and won a deal with Western Province, for whom he made his debut against Eastern Province in October 2010. He played a full season scoring 584 runs at 38.93 but could only marginally improve his tally to 669 runs in 2011-12 and they came at just 27.87.
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Batting Career Summary
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC | 139 | 236 | 16 | 8124 | 199* | 36.92 | 16251 | 49.99 | 17 | 36 | 1160 | 37 | 61 | 0 |
| List A | 72 | 71 | 1 | 1765 | 134 | 25.21 | 2676 | 65.95 | 3 | 7 | 191 | 14 | 17 | 0 |
| T20 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 193 | 34 | 12.86 | 221 | 87.33 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
Bowling Career Summary
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC | 139 | 117 | 5897 | 3334 | 106 | 3/6 | 5/35 | 31.45 | 3.39 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 72 | 48 | 1670 | 1265 | 46 | 5/23 | 5/23 | 27.5 | 4.54 | 36.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T20 | 19 | 10 | 144 | 154 | 6 | 2/17 | 2/17 | 25.66 | 6.41 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
