nick knight Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
nick knight is a cricketer(sportsman) from England. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Nicholas Verity Knight
Born
November 28, 1969, Watford, Hertfordshire
Age
53 years old
Nicknames
Stitch, Fungus
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Playing Role
Opening Batter
Height
6ft 1in
Education
Felsted School; Loughborough University
Other
Commentator
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 17 | 100 | - | - |
Inn | 30 | 100 | - | - |
Runs | 719 | 3637 | - | - |
Avg | 23.97 | 40.41 | - | - |
SR | 43.29 | 71.52 | - | - |
HS | 113 | 125 | - | - |
NO | 0 | 10 | - | - |
100s | 1 | 5 | - | - |
50s | 4 | 25 | - | - |
4s | 74 | 327 | - | - |
6s | 2 | 21 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 17 | 100 | - | - |
Inn | - | - | - | - |
Balls | - | - | - | - |
Runs | - | - | - | - |
Wkt | - | - | - | - |
BBI | - | - | - | - |
BBM | - | - | - | - |
Eco | - | - | - | - |
Avg | - | - | - | - |
5W | - | - | - | - |
10W | - | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- England
- Essex
- Warwickshire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Born in Watford, Hertfordshire on November 28th 1969, Knight was an outstanding cricketer from an early age. He won the Daily Telegraph 'Young cricketer of the Year' award in 1989 and played cricket for Brentwood cricket club from 89-91. In 1991 he went on to represent Essex and transferred to Warwickshire 4 years later. During that time, he made his Test debut against West Indies in Manchester. It was the beginning of a rough Test career where he played just 17 matches and managed to score just 719 runs at an average of 24. His lone Test century came against Pakistan at Headingley in 1996 and his second highest score of 96 came in the same season against Zimbabwe. Things were beginning to look up, but he couldn't carry on and was soon dropped after a poor New Zealand tour.
His form in the ODIs was prolific and he was a competent opener who averaged 40 after playing exactly 100 ODIs in his career. In his 2nd and 3rd ODIs, he scored consecutive centuries against a Pakistan bowling attack consisting of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. Although he was left out of the World Cup squad in 1999, he made a comeback scoring heavily in the VB series against Australia which made his opponents wonder as to why he wasn't part of the Test squad. He represented the England side in the 2003 World cup, but after the team's early exit, called it quits in the shorter format in a bid to try and make a comeback to the Test side. He was also named captain of his county team Warwickshire, but a fledging career in the county competitions could not propel him to the Test squad. Knight was a terrific fielder, especially in close catching positions like slip and short midwicket. A brilliant team-man, he was an extrovert with high energy levels and after his retirement in 2006 was promptly absorbed by Sky Sports to join their commentary team.
Fact: Knight was the batsman who played the 100 MPH delivery bowled by Shoaib Akhtar.
By Cricbuzz Staff
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
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