An enthusiastic allrounder, Barry Knight was a good enough batsman to score two Test centuries and complete the domestic double four times for Essex. But his bowling, which featured an unusual wristy flourish just before delivery, wasn't quite fast enough to earn him the new ball for England ahead of the likes of John Snow and Ken Higgs. After falling out with Essex he spent three years with Leicestershire, but left them in 1969, the year of his last Test appearance. Following some business troubles, Knight bravely upped sticks to Australia, and forged a successful coaching career in Sydney, where he ran a successful indoor school, and was a mentor to the young Allan Border.
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Barry Knight Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	29	38	7	812	127	26.19	2	0	94	3	14
FC	379	602	83	13336	165	25.69	12	66	-	-	263
List A	18	18	2	377	52	23.56	0	1	-	-	6

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	29	54	5377	2223	70	4/38	6/110	31.75	2.48	76.8	4	0	0
FC	379	-	57857	26205	1089	8/69	-	24.06	2.71	53.1	-	45	8
List A	18	-	1092	576	31	5/41	5/41	18.58	3.16	35.2	0	1	0

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Recent Matches of Barry Knight

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
Leics vs Worcs	35*	0/21	31-Aug-1969	Worcester	List A
Leics vs Derbyshire	11	1/26	24-Aug-1969	Leicester	List A
Leics vs Yorkshire	26	2/33	17-Aug-1969	Scarborough	List A
England vs New Zealand	18*	2/44 & 0/14	07-Aug-1969	Nottingham	Test # 657
Leics vs Hampshire	30	2/32	03-Aug-1969	Basingstoke	List A

Debut/Last Matches of Barry Knight

Test Matches

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Debut

India vs England at Kanpur - December 01 - 06, 1961

Last

England vs New Zealand at Nottingham - August 07 - 12, 1969

FC Matches

Span

1955 - 1969

List A Matches

Span

1963 - 1969