Nick Knight
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| Batting style | Left hand bat | |
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| Bowling type | Right arm medium (RM) | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 17 | 100 |
| Runs scored | 719 | 3637 |
| Batting average | 23.96 | 40.41 |
| 100s/50s | 1/4 | 5/25 |
| Top score | 113 | 125* |
| Overs bowled | 0 | 0 |
| Wickets | 0 | 0 |
| Bowling average | N/A | N/A |
| 5 wickets in innings | N/A | N/A |
| 10 wickets in match | N/A | n/a |
| Best bowling | N/A | N/A |
| Catches/stumpings | 26/0 | 44/0 |
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Nicholas Verity Knight (born Watford, Hertfordshire, England on 28 November 1969) was an English cricketer. He was a left handed opening batsman, particularly strong through over mid-on was a world-class fielder. Knight's middle name comes from the 1930s English Test bowler Hedley Verity.
Knight played in 17 Test Matches and 100 One Day Internationals before announcing his retirement from international cricket after the 2003 World Cup.
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[edit] County Career
In domestic cricket, he began his career with Essex in 1991 before transferring to Warwickshire four years later. He was captain of Warwickshire from 2003 to 2005, and led them to victory in the County Championship in the 2004 season. He retired from first-class cricket after the the 2006 season and is now a member of the Sky Sports cricket commentary team. He finished his career with 16172 runs at 44.18 and 40 tons. His highest score was an unbeaten 303.
[edit] Test Cricket
He struggled in the Test arena and made only one century, an innings of 113 vs Pakistan at Headingley in 1996. His next best score was a 96 vs Zimbabwe in a controversial drawn game at Bulawayo in 1996-97.
[edit] One Day Internationals
Debuting in 1996, he scored centuries in his 2nd and 3rd innings of ODI cricket. The innings were made in consecutive days and against a Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis led Pakistani bowling lineup.
Knight didn't make the World Cup team in 1999 and instead made his World Cup debut in the 2003 tournament. He performed well in a unsuccessful campaign for England and famously faced the first delivery in cricket to break the 100 mph barrier from Shoaib Akhtar.
[edit] One Day International Centuries
| ODI Centuries of Nick Knight | ||||||
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| Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Year | |
| [1] | 113 | 2 | Pakistan | Manchester, England | Old Trafford | 1996 |
| [2] | 125* | 3 | Pakistan | Nottingham, England | Trent Bridge | 1996 |
| [3] | 122 | 17 | West Indies | Bridgetown, Barbados | Kensington Oval | 1998 |
| [4] | 105 | 70 | India | Delhi, India | Feroz Shah Kotla | 2002 |
| [5] | 111* | 86 | Australia | Sydney, Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2002 |
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| Englishmen with 100 or more ODI caps |
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Alec Stewart 170 | Darren Gough 157* | Graham Gooch 125 | Marcus Trescothick 123* | Allan Lamb 122 | Graeme Hick 120 | Andrew Flintoff 117* | Ian Botham 116 | Paul Collingwood 115* | David Gower 114 | Phillip DeFreitas 103 | Nick Knight 100 |
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England squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup | |
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1 Hussain | 2 Stewart | 3 Anderson | 4 Blackwell | 5 Caddick | 6 Collingwood | 7 Flintoff | 8 Giles | 9 Harmison | 10 Hoggard | 11 Irani | 12 Knight | 13 Trescothick | 14 Vaughan | 15 White | Coach: Fletcher |
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