County Cricket
Klokker trialled for Warwickshire in 2005, while playing club cricket for Berkswell near Coventry, Warwickshire, and working for a stamp collecting company. He went on to make his first-class debut for Warwickshire in the 2006 County Championship against Sussex at Hove, following injuries to regular wicket-keepers Tim Ambrose and Tony Frost. This made him the fifth Dane to play county cricket; Ole Mortensen, Soren Henriksen, Thomas Hansen and Amjad Khan are the others. He took three catches in Sussex's first-innings, while in Warwickshire's first-innings he batted as a nightwatchman, scoring 40 before being dismissed by Luke Wright. This was his only first-class appearance for Warwickshire, though he did appear in a single List A match for the county in that same season, against Durham in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. These were his only appearances for the county.
In 2007 he joined Derbyshire as reserve wicket-keeper, making his debut for the county in a first-class match against Cambridge UCCE in April 2007, scoring his maiden first-class century with a score of 100 not out, in doing so he became the first Dane to make a first-class century. He featured once more for Derbyshire in that season, against Northamptonshire in the County Championship. Later in 2007, Klokker was selected as part of Denmark's squad for the World Cricket League Division Two in Namibia. He captained Denmark during the tournament, making six List A appearances, scoring 316 runs at an average of 316, with a high score of 99 not out against the United Arab Emirates, one of two half centuries he made during the tournament.
For the 2008 season he stayed with Derbyshire and went on their pre-season tour to the Caribbean. He broke into Derbyshire's first eleven during the early part of this season, following an injury to wicket-keeper James Pipe. In his second first-class match of the season against Warwickshire in the County Championship, he scored his second century with a score of 103 not out off 278 balls, having been dismissed for a golden duck in Derbyshire's first-innings by Neil Carter. He made four first-class appearances during that season, scoring 160 runs at an average of 22.85. He also made three appearances in the Friends Provident Trophy.
Klokker was selected to captain Denmark in the World Cup Qualifier in South Africa, where he made seven List A appearances, including his final appearance to date in that format, against Oman. He scored 140 runs during the tournament at average of 20.00, with a high score of 77 which came against the United Arab Emirates. Denmark failed to qualify for the 2011 World Cup and finished the tournament in 16th and last place. During the 2009 English domestic season, Klokker made two first-class appearances for Derbyshire against Kent and Surrey, scoring 53 runs with a high score of 32 not out. These were his final appearances for the county, having made a total of eight first-class appearances for Derbyshire, scoring 384 runs at an average of 32.00, while taking 16 catches. With his opportunities limited at Derbyshire, he also appeared in Minor counties cricket for Suffolk in this season, making his debut Staffordshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, making three further appearances in that seasons competition, plus a single appearance in the Minor Counties Championship against Lincolnshire.
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