Full name Matthew Caleb Kleinveldt
Born August 10, 1989, Southampton, Hampshire
Current age 30 years 163 days
Major teams Cape Cobras, Essex 2nd XI, Hampshire 2nd XI, Sussex 2nd XI, Western Province
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relation Father - J Kleinveldt, Brother - GR Kleinveldt, Cousin - RK Kleinveldt
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 106 | 179 | 9 | 6001 | 175 | 35.30 | 12049 | 49.80 | 12 | 30 | 866 | 26 | 48 | 0 |
| List A | 55 | 55 | 1 | 1348 | 134 | 24.96 | 2173 | 62.03 | 3 | 5 | 144 | 11 | 12 | 0 |
| T20s | 16 | 15 | 2 | 180 | 34 | 13.84 | 199 | 90.45 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 106 | 97 | 5315 | 2992 | 98 | 3/6 | 5/35 | 30.53 | 3.37 | 54.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 55 | 39 | 1461 | 1069 | 40 | 5/23 | 5/23 | 26.72 | 4.39 | 36.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T20s | 16 | 9 | 126 | 137 | 4 | 1/12 | 1/12 | 34.25 | 6.52 | 31.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class debut | Western Province v Eastern Province at Cape Town, Oct 21-23, 2010 scorecard |
| Last First-class | Cape Cobras v Titans at Cape Town, Jan 13-16, 2020 scorecard |
| List A debut | Northerns v Western Province at Pretoria, Feb 6, 2011 scorecard |
| Last List A | Northern Cape v Western Province at Kimberley, Dec 1, 2019 scorecard |
| T20s debut | Western Province v KwaZulu-Natal at Cape Town, Oct 2, 2011 scorecard |
| Last T20s | Western Province v North West at Pietermaritzburg, Sep 4, 2016 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142, 0/4, 16 | Cape Cobras | v Titans | Cape Town | 13 Jan 2020 | FC |
| 0/14, 12, 0/17, 11 | Cape Cobras | v Dolphins | Oudtshoorn | 6 Jan 2020 | FC |
| 9, 2/9, 5, 1/65 | Cape Cobras | v Knights | Paarl | 19 Dec 2019 | FC |
| 1/43, 13 | W Province | v Northern Cpe | Kimberley | 1 Dec 2019 | LA |
| 0, 0/9, 22 | W Province | v Northern Cpe | Kimberley | 28 Nov 2019 | FC |
| 42, 1/33 | W Province | v Border | East London | 17 Nov 2019 | LA |
| - | W Province | v Border | East London | 14 Nov 2019 | FC |
| 92 | Cape Cobras | v Warriors | Cape Town | 28 Oct 2019 | FC |
| 0/17, 175, 0/14 | Cape Cobras | v Dolphins | Pietermaritzburg | 21 Oct 2019 | FC |
| 22, 0/21, 24, 0/0 | Cape Cobras | v Titans | Benoni | 14 Oct 2019 | FC |
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.