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Full name Michael Klinger
Born July 4, 1980, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria
Current age 28 years 48 days
Major teams Victoria
Nickname Maxy
Batting style Right-hand bat
Height
1.79 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
39
65
7
1569
107
27.05
3774
41.57
2
8
35
0
List A
57
57
8
1668
123*
34.04
3
11
13
0
Twenty20
9
8
2
135
30*
22.50
94
143.61
0
0
13
5
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
39
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
57
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Twenty20
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
First-class debut
1998/99
Last First-class
Tasmania v Victoria at Hobart, Dec 10-12, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1998/99
Last List A
Tasmania v Victoria at Hobart, Feb 23, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Western Australia v Victoria at Perth, Jan 6, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Victoria v New South Wales at Melbourne, Jan 6, 2008 scorecard
Profile
It took Michael Klinger seven years to fulfil his promise with a maiden first-class century in 2005-06 and he built on that progress the next season. He was Victoria's leading one-day run-scorer in 2006-07 and played every Pura Cup match post-Christmas, adding another hundred to his tally and finishing with 340 runs at 37.77. But 2007-08 was a tougher year for Klinger, who averaged 23.14 from seven FR Cup games and 26.33 from four Pura Cup outings, and he pursued a move to South Australia for 2008-09, hoping for more regular opportunities.
Boasting a decorated career as a junior - he was the youngest to score a first-grade century in Melbourne and captained the Australia Under-19 team - Klinger made his state debut in 1998-99 and capped his rise with a match-winning 80 against Tasmania in his opening Mercantile Mutual Cup appearance the following year. Although he was given plenty of chances, modest returns followed until 2000-01, when Klinger produced an excellent string of scores. He also hit the headlines after the captain Paul Reiffel amazingly declared an innings closed in Hobart when Klinger was 99. Again his form waned but 1105 runs for his club St Kilda in 2004-05 - and a third premiership in a row - helped him regain his state spot the following year. The undoubted highlight was his 107 against Tasmania as the Bushrangers staged a remarkable recovery to win after following on. Still, Klinger totalled a quiet 263 first-class runs at 21.91. His second century came in 2006-07 as the side chased down 360 to beat New South Wales. Despite his technically-correct style and reluctance to hit over the top, he was one of Victoria's premier limited-overs batsmen in 2006-07, collecting 422 runs. His top score was an unbeaten 123 in Canberra when he gave the Blues no chances. Cricinfo staff April 2008
Notes
Australia Under-19s 1997/98 to 1999 (captain 1999)
