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Full name Alan Philip Eric Knott
Born April 9, 1946, Belvedere, Kent
Current age 62 years 37 days
Major teams England, Kent, Tasmania
Nickname Knotty, Flea
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Height 5 ft 8 in
Education Northumberland Heath Secondary Modern School, Kent
Relations Son - JA Knott

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	95	149	15	4389	135	32.75			5	30		6	250	19
ODIs	20	14	4	200	50	20.00	247	80.97	0	1	17	1	15	1
First-class	511	745	134	18105	156	29.63			17	97			1211	133
List A	317	246	44	3260	65	16.13			0	6			343	54

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	95	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	511		104	87	2	1/5		43.50	5.01	52.0		0	0
List A	317	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics
Test debut	England v Pakistan at Nottingham, Aug 10-15, 1967 scorecard
Last Test	England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 27-Sep 1, 1981 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Australia at The Oval, Jun 6, 1977 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1964 - 1985
List A span	1965 - 1985

Profile

In the ten years up to the Packer-split in 1977, Alan Knott played in 89 of England's 93 Tests - nearly 20 more than any other Englishman - and hardly missed a chance that anyone remembers. Yet to see his wicketkeeping at its most spectacular, you had to catch him standing up to Derek Underwood on a rain-affected pitch for Kent in county cricket. Underwood, left-hand, whose stock ball was about the pace of Shane Warne's flipper, habitually bowled even quicker when a crusting pitch not only added to his spin but could produce a variation of two feet or more in bounce. Most of the time, despite the obvious problems, Knott would take the ball so nimbly he might have been keeping wicket in the indoor nets. As a batsman he learned to put a high price on his wicket, and in only his fourth Test, at Georgetown in 1967-68, he made 73 not out in four hours and helped Colin Cowdrey save the series. He could attack or defend with equal skill as the position of the match demanded: with five Test hundreds to his name, he was a genuine all rounder. Never one to push himself, in or out of cricket company, he was always nevertheless among the best-liked players in the game.
John Thicknesse

Apr 4, 2004

Alan Knott
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Mar 16, 2004

Alan Knott
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Jan 4, 2003

Alan Knott's 96 v New Zealand
© Pat Culpan

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