- Barry Knight
Infobox Historic Cricketer
nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = ENG
name = Barry Knight
picture = Cricket_no_pic.png
bowling style = Right-arm fast-medium
tests = 29
test runs = 812
test bat avg = 26.19
test 100s/50s = 2/-
test top score = 127
test balls = 5377
test wickets = 70
test bowl avg = 31.75
test 5s = -
test 10s = -
test best bowling = 4/38
test catches/stumpings = 14/-
FCs = 379
FC runs = 13336
FC bat avg = 25.69
FC 100s/50s = 12/66
FC top score = 165
FC balls = 57813
FC wickets = 1089
FC bowl avg = 24.06
FC 5s = 45
FC 10s = 8
FC best bowling = 8/69
FC catches/stumpings = 263/-
debut date = 1 December
debut year = 1961
last date = 7 August
last year = 1969
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15910.htmlBarry Rolfe Knight (born
February 18 ,1938 ,Chesterfield ,Derbyshire ) is a former Englishcricket er who played in 29 Tests from 1961 to 1969.Knight was a fast bowling allrounder, doing the cricketers double (1000 runs & 100 wickets in a season) four times, including the fastest in modern times, (two and a half months). He won the World Single Wicket Title at Lords in 1964, beating 19 other famous all-rounders, including the great Sir
Garfield Sobers .He was the first professional coach in Australia, starting in 1970 at an indoor facility in Sydney. He was also the first coach to use video analysis, which led to his coaching over the past 37 years some 20 Test players, including Allan Border, the Waugh twins, Brett & Shane Lee, Adam Gilchrist, John Dyson, Andrew Hilditch and scores of NSW representatives. He has coached over 20,000 young cricketers since 1970 and is still involved in school holiday programmes and with Mosman CC in Sydney. He holds an ACB level 3 coaching certificate and also an MCC (UK) coaching certificate.
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