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| Full name | Matthew Caleb Kleinveldt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 August 1989 Southampton, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Kleiney, Matt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Johnny Kleinveldt (father) Rory Kleinveldt (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009/10–present | Western Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012/13–present | Cape Cobras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Caleb Kleinveldt (born 10 August 1989) is an English-born South African professional cricketer. [1] Though born and bred in England,Kleinveldt rejected an offer to play for Hampshire due to England's new stern sporting visa requirements. He duly moved back to South Africa to start a cricketing career there. Kleinveldt is also cousin of ex-Protea cricketer Rory Kleinveldt.
Though born in England,Kleinveldt made his professional cricketing debuts all in South Africa. A tall,elegant left-handed batsman,Kleinveldt had a respectable first-class debut scoring 41 in the first innings and 13 in the second,against Eastern Province in 2010. He made his debut for the Cape Cobras in early 2012 scoring 9 runs against the Dolphins before being dismissed.
He then made another debut for the Cape Cobras in 2015 in their Four-day Test against the Dolphins where he scored 99 runs.
He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup for Western Province,with 446 runs in nine matches. [2] He was also the leading run-scorer for Western Province in the 2018–19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup,with 629 runs in eight matches, [3] and the leading run-scorer for Western Province in the 2018–19 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge,with 426 runs in ten matches. [4]
In April 2021,he was named in Free State's squad,ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa. [5]
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