Full name Rory Keith Kleinveldt Batting style Right-handed Role Cricketer | Name Rory Kleinveldt National side South Africa Bowling style Seam bowling | |
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Born 15 March 1983 (age 41) ( 1983-03-15 ) Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa Test debut (cap 313) 9 November 2012 v Australia Last Test 22 February 2013 v Pakistan ODI debut (cap 106) 19 January 2013 v New Zealand Last ODI 10 March 2013 v Pakistan Current teams South Africa national cricket team, Cape Cobras | ||
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Rory Keith Kleinveldt (born 15 March 1983 in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa) is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut in a Twenty20 International against Bangladesh in Johannesburg on 5 November 2008.
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During the 2008 County Championship Kleinveldt played for Hampshire. From 2015 he has played for Northants.
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Career
Kleinveldt was a star on the rise after he was named in the ODI squad to play Sri Lanka in January 2012, but he did not get a game before he was withdrawn with an injury. Two months later, he tested positive for marijuana and was immediately dropped from the Cobras' T20 campaign. Kleinveldt confessed at the first opportunity and conceded that he had "behaved irresponsibly and made a big mistake." He made his test debut on the 9 November 2012 against Australia in a drawn match.
He along with David Miller set the record for the highest 9th wicket partnership in ICC Champions Trophy history(95)
In August 2017, he was named in Cape Town Knight Riders' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.