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Michael Klinger 
Personal information Full name Michael Klinger Born 4 July 1980
Kew, Victoria, AustraliaNickname Maxy Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Batting style Right-hand Role Opening Batsman Domestic team information Years Team 1999/2000 – 2007/08 Victoria 2008/09 – South Australia FC debut 27 March 1999 Australian Cricket Academy v Matebeleland Invitational XI List-A debut 24 March 1999 Australian Cricket Academy v Matebeleland Invitational XI Career statistics Competition FC List-A Twenty20 Matches 58 75 14 Runs scored 3,581 2,589 223 Batting average 41.16 39.22 20.27 100s/50s 8/16 6/17 –/– Top score 255 133* 42 Balls bowled 6 – – Wickets 0 – – Bowling average – – – 5 wickets in innings 0 – – 10 wickets in match 0 – – Best bowling 0/3 – – Catches/stumpings 56/– 23/– 6/– Source: CricketArchive, 15 February 2010 Medal record Maccabiah Games Gold Israel 1997 Cricket Michael Klinger (born 4 July 1980) is a first-class cricketer with the South Australia Redbacks. His nickname is "Maxy", after the M*A*S*H character Maxwell Klinger.[1]
Before the 2008–09 season, Klinger played for Victoria and for St Kilda Cricket Club in Premier Cricket. He joined the South Australia Redbacks for the 2008–09 season, was named their Captain in 2010, and won the Allan Border Medal as Cricket Player of the Year in both 2009 and 2010. He was one of the 350 players under the hammer for the IPL Auction 2011, and was bought by Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
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Career
Victoria
Klinger, who is Jewish,[2][3][4] grew up in Melbourne, Australia. When he was 13 years old he played for a senior team for the Jewish cricket club Maccabi Ajax.[3] In the opening ceremonies of the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Israel, he and fellow Australian Jewish cricketer Jonathan Moss fell into the Yarkon River during a bridge collapse in the opening ceremonies.[2]
He attended Mount Scopus Memorial College, of which he graduated in 1998. As a young batsman, Klinger was named Captain of the Australia Under 19's Mens Cricket team – his deputy being Australia Vice Captain Michael Clark.[5]
Klinger began as an 18-year old youngster in the 1998–99 season. His career lowlight was the 2000–01 season when he made a famous 99 not out, with captain Paul Reiffel declaring the innings closed, a move which brought great controversy.[citation needed] This move caused Klinger some great upset, and following it Klinger had several less successful years, but returned to contention for a spot in the Victorian Bushrangers side for the 2005–06 season. He quickly made his first first-class cricket century, and then followed it up with his first List A one-day century, but his first class form soon dropped, and he was replaced in the side by Lloyd Mash, not to return in the Pura Cup all season.
In Season 2006–07 he started off in the outer from the Pura Cup side, but started off his Ford Ranger Cup season in style, nearly getting a century early on, and then following it up with one. He led the runs scoring in the competition for much of the season, eventuall finishing 3rd. Klinger's rise to the Pura Cup team came only when Brad Hodge was called up by Australia for their ODI Series, and Klinger's recent form had been wavy, with his last game for the 2nd XI yielding a first innings duck, but second innings century. Klinger was soon to do the same for the 1st XI, but the century ensured that when Hodge returned, Klinger survived. He finished the season as a regular fixture of the Bushrangers side, and was part of a great partnership with David Hussey in a match against NSW, in which the Vics defied all odds to chase down a massive total of 360 on an extremely poor 4th day pitch (it was later described as a 3rd day pitch on day 1 by Hussey), scoring 102.
South Australia
Klinger joined the South Australia Redbacks for the 2008–09 season in order to get more opportunities at state level, where he began batting at number 3 rather than opening, and saw immediate success, scoring a maiden 150 against old state Victoria in his first game. Then, against Western Australia on 11 November, Klinger scored his maiden double century, finishing on 255, and he continued to score heavily in both the Sheffield Shield and the Ford Ranger Cup, and hit his third century for the season against Queensland at the Gabba, and his first away from the traditionally batting friendly Adelaide Oval.
On 11 December 2008, Klinger posted his highest individual score in one day cricket, with an unbeaten 133 off just 128 balls. This guided South Australia to victory in their high-scoring match against the Tasmania Tigers at the Adelaide Oval. This was Klinger's fourth one-day century. He won the Australian Cricketers' Association's December 2008 Johnnie Walker player-of-the-month award.[6]
In 2010, Klinger was named Captain of the Redbacks.[7]
Indian Premier League
Klinger was one of the 350 players under the hammer for the IPL Auction 2011, and was bought by Kochi Tuskers Kerala for US$ 75,000.[4]
Awards
See also
References
- ^ Johnson, Lyall (12 December 2006). "Klinger, and Vics, stake their claims". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/cricket/klinger-and-vics-stake-their-claims/2006/12/11/1165685616381.html. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ a b Ahmed, Nabila (10 January 2004). "It all comes down to a state of mind for Moss". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/09/1073437471696.html. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ a b Ahmed, Nabila (15 October 2005). "Klinger grabs his chance". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/cricket/klinger-grabs-his-chance/2005/10/15/1128796746817.html. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ a b Masters, James (13 January 2011). "Michael Klinger ready to cash in on IPL". The Jewish Chronicle. http://www.thejc.com/sport/sport-news/43704/michael-klinger-ready-cash-ipl. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ Berry, Darren (7 December 2008). "Ashes tour on the cards for Klinger". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/cricket/ashes-tour-on-the-cards-for-klinger/2008/12/06/1228257390576.html. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ Hogan, Jesse (14 January 2009). "Prolific Klinger named the best". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/cricket/prolific-klinger-named-the-best/2009/01/13/1231608708168.html. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "Klinger appointed Redbacks' captain". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 30 April 2010. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/30/2887080.htm?site=riverland. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
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Categories:- Victoria cricketers
- South Australia cricketers
- Australian Jews
- Jewish cricketers
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Maccabiah cricketers of Australia
- Cricketers at the 1997 Maccabiah Games
- Kensington cricketers
- Kochi cricketers
- Australian cricketers
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