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Michael Klinger was born on 4 July, 1980 in Kew, Victoria, Australia, is an Australian cricketer. Discover Michael Klinger's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 43 years old?

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Age 43 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 4 July, 1980
Birthday 4 July
Birthplace Kew, Victoria, Australia
Nationality Australia

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Michael Klinger Height, Weight & Measurements

At 43 years old, Michael Klinger height is 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) .

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Michael Klinger Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Michael Klinger worth at the age of 43 years old? Michael Klinger’s income source is mostly from being a successful Cricketer. He is from Australia. We have estimated Michael Klinger's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1936

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.

1980

Michael Klinger (born 4 July 1980) is an Australian former first-class cricketer, who held the record for the most runs scored in the Big Bash League when he retired in 2019.

1997

Klinger competed for Australia at the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Israel when he was 17 years old, winning a gold medal.

1998

Klinger began as an 18-year-old in the 1998–99 season.

2000

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 and remains the only batsman in Australian cricket to be stranded on 99 due to a declaration.

2003

In 2003 he was the club professional for Walkden in the Bolton Cricket League.

2005

This 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 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.

2006

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, eventually 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.

2008

Until 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 was recognised as the State Player of the Year in both 2009 and 2010.

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 not out 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.

2010

In 2010, Klinger was named Captain of the Redbacks.

2011

He was one of the 350 players under the hammer for the IPL Auction 2011, and was bought by Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

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.

2012

In December 2012, Klinger was signed by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, not only as their overseas player for the 2013 season, but also as their captain, taking over from Alex Gidman.

He had previously stood in for Phillip Hughes at Worcestershire at the beginning of the previous season.

He scored over 1000 runs in the County Championship, scoring 6 centuries, plus another 1000 runs in the limited over competitions.

2014

In 2014 he was recruited by the Perth Scorchers and then also played for Western Australia.

Due to his success, Klinger returned to captain Gloucs again for the 2014 season.

He was their leading run scorer in the One Day Cup, until he broke his arm playing against Derbyshire in August.

Klinger signed a two-year contract with Western Australia in April 2014.

He recovered from the broken arm to make his debut for WA in the 2014–15 Matador BBQs One-Day Cup in October.

2015

In August 2015, he was confirmed as staying with the club for the 2016 season.

2017

Klinger scored 71 runs (not out) for the Perth Scorchers as they beat the Sydney Sixers to win the Big Bash League | 06 in January 2017.

In February 2017, Klinger was named in Australia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka.

2018

In March 2018, he announced his retirement from first-class cricket.

Klinger was born in Kew, Victoria, Australia, and is Jewish.

He completed an undergraduate applied science degree in Human Movement, and a Master of Business (Sport Management) degree at Deakin University.

As a young batsman, Klinger was named Captain of the Australia Under 19's Men's Cricket team – his deputy being Michael Clarke who subsequently became captain of the national team.

2019

In November 2019, he was appointed as the head coach of Melbourne Renegades, an Australian franchise professional men's Twenty20 cricket team.

He replaced former all-rounder Andrew McDonald who resigned for becoming Australia's assistant coach.