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Full name Alan Philip Eric Knott
Born April 9, 1946, Belvedere, Kent
Current age 62 years 89 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
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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
Notes
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1970
Walter Lawrence Trophy 1976
