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Nick Knight
England
Player profile
Full name Nicholas Verity Knight
Born November 28, 1969, Watford, Hertfordshire
Current age 38 years 318 days
Major teams England, Essex, Warwickshire
Nickname Stitch, Fungus
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Commentator
Height
6 ft 1 in
Education Felsted School; Loughborough University
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
17 |
30 |
0 |
719 |
113 |
23.96 |
1661 |
43.28 |
1 |
4 |
74 |
2 |
26 |
0 |
| ODIs |
100 |
100 |
10 |
3637 |
125* |
40.41 |
5085 |
71.52 |
5 |
25 |
327 |
21 |
44 |
0 |
| First-class |
240 |
409 |
43 |
16172 |
303* |
44.18 |
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40 |
77 |
|
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292 |
0 |
| List A |
414 |
394 |
45 |
13478 |
151 |
38.61 |
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30 |
68 |
|
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174 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
23 |
22 |
2 |
584 |
89 |
29.20 |
452 |
129.20 |
0 |
5 |
72 |
11 |
9 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| ODIs |
100 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| First-class |
240 |
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249 |
271 |
1 |
1/61 |
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271.00 |
6.53 |
249.0 |
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0 |
0 |
| List A |
414 |
|
90 |
89 |
2 |
1/14 |
1/14 |
44.50 |
5.93 |
45.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
23 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
4.80 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
England v West Indies at Manchester, Jul 27-30, 1995 scorecard |
| Last Test |
England v Pakistan at Manchester, May 31-Jun 4, 2001 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
England v Pakistan at Manchester, Aug 29, 1996 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Australia v England at Port Elizabeth, Mar 2, 2003 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1991 |
| Last First-class |
Warwickshire v Kent at Birmingham, Sep 13-16, 2006 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1990 |
| Last List A |
Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire at Nottingham, Sep 11, 2006 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Somerset v Warwickshire at Taunton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Worcestershire v Warwickshire at Worcester, Jul 11, 2006 scorecard |
There are two Nick Knights. One is a flamboyant left-handed opener for England's one-day side, who exploits fielding restrictions in the first 15 overs by slapping the ball over mid-on and carving it through point. The other is a tentative Test player, fallible outside off stump and to the straight, full-length delivery when he plays round his front pad and falls away to the off side. His two best Test innings (113 v Pakistan, Headingley in 1996, and 96 in the flippin'-murdered-'em draw v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in 1996-97) seemed to set him up, but he was dropped after a poor series in New Zealand that winter, and has won only five more caps, four of them in 2000. Knight was harshly left out of the World Cup team in 1999, but seemed set to make amends in 2003 after several impressive displays in the VB Series, which led seasoned Australian observers to wonder why on earth he wasn't a Test regular. But after England's failure in the World Cup, he called time on his international one-day career - but not Tests - to enable him to concentrate on leading Warwickshire. Knight, who began his career at Essex but moved to Warwickshire in 1995, is a world-class fielder - whether at third slip, in the gully, at short midwicket or as a cover sweeper - and an outgoing, hard-to-suppress team man. He announced his intention to retire at the end of 2006, and soon after was unveilled as the latest member of Sky Sports' commentary team.
Lawrence Booth April 2007
Aug 13, 2008 |
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Nick Knight shakes hands with Johan Botha
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Sep 16, 2006 |
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Nick Knight takes to the field for the last time
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Sep 16, 2006 |
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Nick Knight leaves the field for the final time
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