Nicholas Verity Knight (born 28 November 1969) is an English cricket commentator and former England cricketer. Vote for the worst and best commentator for 2015 Cricket World Cup. Knight was given his middle name in honour of the 1930s English Test bowler Hedley Verity who was killed in World War II and is a distant family relation. He was standing in front of a set of yellow plastic stumps at the time, dressed in his New Zealand training kit and clutching a bat in his meaty paws. Nick Knight commentary at the toss with Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews during England tour in Sri Lanka 2015.

At the age of 33 that could have been the end - it was for Robin Smith, who was born in the same year - but when Nick Knight broke his finger to give Stewart another chance, he refused to let go.

Download Images Watch Videos online 1st ODI. Nick Knight to lead PCA XI against West Indies Jun 6, 2007 The Professional Cricketers' Association have named their side to take on West Indies in a charity Twenty20 match at Arundel on June 26 Of the 831 non-wicketkeepers to have fielded in five or more Test wins, only two others have averaged more than even 1.15 catches per innings - England's Nick Knight (19 in 12, 1.58 per innings) and Jack Ikin (15 in 10). McCullum was telling Nick Knight about his approach to playing spin in T20 cricket.


He took a couple of overs to warm up; he tends to overdo the short stuff but is not fast enough normally to intimidate, and his first ball was handomely pulled through midwicket for four by Nick Knight.

West Indian cricket team in England in 1995 ... Nick Knight: Brian Lara: Devon Malcolm: Courtney Walsh: Peter Martin: Stuart Williams: Mark Ramprakash : Vasbert Drakes (added 26 June) Robin Smith: Graham Thorpe: Phil Tufnell: Shaun Udal: Mike Watkinson: Alan Wells: Craig White: Source:Cricinfo: Source:Cricinfo: One Day Internationals (ODIs) England won the Texaco Trophy 2-1. Nick Knight was made man of the match and the man of series after England completed their five-match demolition of Zimbabwe with victory in the final one-day international in Bulawayo. First he brought back Gooch, then lumbered Stewart with the gloves again before finally dropping him for the Edgbaston Test against India in 1996. Find Knight's Records, Biography, Centuries, Runs, wickets. Born in Watford, Hertfordshire, Knight was educated at Felsted School in Essex and Loughborough University and was an outstanding cricketer from an early age. He was standing in front of a set of yellow plastic stumps at the time, dressed in his New Zealand training kit and clutching a bat in his meaty paws. Debuting in 1996, he scored centuries in his second and third innings in ODI cricket, on consecutive days against a Pakistan bowling attack that included Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.Nick Knight set a world record for the highest ever ODI innings by a batsman when carrying his bat through his innings(125*) when he achieved it v Pakistan in 1996.

It's a Multiple choice Poll so you can vote as many you want. Nick Knight or Nicholas Night may refer to: . The Australian skipper came to the bowling crease in the 14th over and with his third delivery had Knight brilliantly captured at short cover, as he attempted to drive. After 15 overs, England are 3/81, with Alec Stewart caught behind for 8, Mark Ealham bowled for 21 and Nick Knight to a fine Mark Waugh catch at short cover off Shane Warne for 27. After playing his best innings of the series, opener Nick Knight lost his wicket in the twenty-seventh over when he was run out - ironically by a brilliantly thrown direct hit from Muralitharan at a deep mid off - for 45. People. Nicholas Verity Knight (born 28 November 1969) is an English cricket commentator and former England cricketer.Knight was given his middle name in honour of the 1930s English Test bowler Hedley Verity who was killed in World War II and is a distant family relation. There have been many highly regarded pace bowlers in the game of cricket that can bowl at blindingly fast pace with devastating consequences for any batsman that makes a miss-shot or attempts a shot but is deceived by the lightning pace of … But, as Brandes warmed to his task, Knight found himself too late on the pull and skied a ball towards the silly mid-off position.