Profile & Stats
Name - Nicholas Verity Knight
Role - Left-hand bat. Right-arm, medium-fast bowler. Close
fielder.
Born - 28 November 1969, Watford
Height - 6ft lin
Weight - 13st
Nickname - Stitch, Fungus
County Debut - 1995
County Cap - 1995
Test Debut - 1995
1000 runs in a season - 4
Best Batting - 233 Warwickshire v Glamorgan, Edgbaston 2000
Best Bowling - 1-61 Essex v Middlesex, Uxbridge 1994
Parents - John and Rosemary
Wife and date of marriage - Trudie, 3 October 1998
Family links with cricket - Father played for Cambridgeshire
Education - Felsted School; Loughborough University
Qualifications - 9 O-levels, 3 A-levels, BSc (Hons) Sociology,
coaching qualification
Overseas tours - England to Zimbabwe and New Zealand 1996-97,
to Sharjah 1997-98 (one day tournament), to West Indies 1997-98 (one day tournament),
to Bangladesh (Wills International Cup) 1998, to Australia (CUB Series) 1998-99,
Sri Lanka (ICC Champions Trophy) 2002-03, Australia 2002-03 (VB Series)
Overseas teams played for - Northern Districts, Sydney 1991-92;
East Torrens, Adelaide 1992-94
Cricketers particularly admired - David Gower, Graham Gooch
Relaxations - Eating good food, painting
Extras - Captained English Schools 1987 and 1988 and Combined
Universities 1991. Played hockey for Essex and Young England. Cricket Society
Cricketer of the Year 1989. Capped by Essex in 1994. Scored successive centuries
in the Texaco Trophy against Pakistan in 1996. Won successive Man of the Match
awards against the West Indies 1997-98
Opinions on cricket - "Tea break not long enough and
too many overs in a day"
Stop press - Leading run scorer in the VB series 2002-03
with 461 runs. Selected for England squad for 2002-03 World Cup. Warwickshire
Captain 2004.
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