BBL playerAustralia2011-12 to 2018-19
M Klinger
Right-handed bat
M Klinger, a batter, played eight BBL seasons for two clubs.
The arrival
M Klinger's first BBL season was 2011-12, with Adelaide Strikers.
That first season brought 6 matches and 145 runs.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2016-17, for Perth Scorchers: 334 runs at an average of 37.1, striking at 124.2 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 129.2, with 3 fifties, and a highest score of 81. There were two seasons of 300 runs or more in all (2014-15 and 2016-17).
Club by club
2011-12 to 2013-14, Adelaide Strikers. 19 matches and 453 runs.
2014-15 to 2018-19, Perth Scorchers. 48 matches and 1,284 runs.
2 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Perth Scorchers, 2014-15 to 2018-19.
How the runs came
Across the career, M Klinger struck at 114.7. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 123.6, so M Klinger scored about 9 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 50% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 168 fours and 33 sixes.
The legacy
M Klinger made 67 BBL appearances, the last for Perth Scorchers in 2018-19.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 (BBL|01) | Adelaide Strikers | 6 | 145 | 46 | 24.2 | 123.9 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Adelaide Strikers | 7 | 171 | 60 | 24.4 | 112.5 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Adelaide Strikers | 6 | 137 | 44 | 27.4 | 103.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 (BBL|04) | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 326 | 105* | 36.2 | 127.3 | 1/1 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Perth Scorchers | 8 | 285 | 90* | 47.5 | 121.3 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 (BBL|06) | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 334 | 81 | 37.1 | 124.2 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 194 | 83 | 19.4 | 106.6 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 (BBL|08) | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 145 | 30 | 14.5 | 84.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Adelaide Strikers: 2011-12 to 2013-14
- Perth Scorchers: 2014-15 to 2018-19
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics