Barry Knight

England|Allrounder
Barry Knight
INTL CAREER: 1961 - 1969
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Full Name

Barry Rolfe Knight

Born

February 18, 1938, Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Age

86y 30d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Playing Role

Allrounder

Other

Coach

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

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests2938781212726.1920943140
FC379602831333616525.691266--2630
List A181823775223.5601--60

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests295453772223704/386/11031.752.4876.8400
FC379-578572620510898/69-24.062.7153.1-458
List A18-1092576315/415/4118.583.1635.2010
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Debut/Last Matches of Barry Knight

FC Matches

Span
1955 - 1969

List A Matches

Span
1963 - 1969

Recent Matches of Barry Knight

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Leics vs WORCS35*0/2131-Aug-1969WorcesterList A
Leics vs Derbyshire111/2624-Aug-1969LeicesterList A
Leics vs Yorkshire262/3317-Aug-1969ScarboroughList A
England vs New Zealand18*2/44 & 0/1407-Aug-1969NottinghamTest # 657
Leics vs Hampshire302/3203-Aug-1969BasingstokeList A