Alan Knott
- Shamarh Brooks
- Jason Holder
- Shai Hope
- Akeal Hosein
- Alzarri Joseph
- Brandon King
- Kyle Mayers
- Nicholas Pooran
- Rovman Powell
- Odean Smith
Alphabetically sorted top ten of players who have played the most matches across formats in the last 12 months
Full Name
Alan Philip Eric Knott
Born
April 09, 1946, Belvedere, Kent
Age
76y 346d
Nicknames
Knotty, Flea
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Wicketkeeper Batter
Height
5ft 8in
Education
Northumberland Heath Secondary Modern School, Kent
RELATIONS
(son)
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
Batting & Fielding
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Test | 95 | 149 | 15 | 4389 | 135 | 32.75 | - | - | 5 | 30 | - | 6 | 250 | 19 |
ODI | 20 | 14 | 4 | 200 | 50 | 20.00 | 247 | 80.97 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
FC | 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
Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Test | 95 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
ODI | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
FC | 511 | - | 104 | 87 | 2 | 1/5 | - | 43.50 | 5.01 | 52.0 | - | 0 | 0 |
List A | 317 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |