Alan Knott

Cricket Bowler

1946 –

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Who is Alan Knott?

Alan Philip Eric Knott, is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman.

Knott was educated at Northumberland Heath Secondary Modern School. He played for the England Test side between 1967 and 1981, and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1970. He was particularly known for his habit of conducting limbering-up exercises at any inactive moment during a match. His major strengths as a batsman were the sweep and the cut.

On 6 September 2009, Alan Knott was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

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Born
Apr 9, 1946
Belvedere, London
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Lived in
  • Belvedere, London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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