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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">English cricketer</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1946-04-09</span>) </span>9 April 1946<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 78)</span><br /><span class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Belvedere,_London" title="Belvedere, London">Belvedere</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nickname</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Knotty, Flea</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Batting</th><td class="infobox-data category">Right-handed</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bowling</th><td class="infobox-data category">Right arm <a href="/wiki/Off_spin" title="Off spin">off spin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Role</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Wicket-keeper" title="Wicket-keeper">Wicket-keeper</a>-batsman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Knott_(cricketer)" title="James Knott (cricketer)">James Knott</a> (son)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">International information <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National side</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/England_cricket_team" title="England cricket team">England</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Test debut (cap <a href="/wiki/List_of_England_Test_cricketers" title="List of England Test cricketers">437</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">10 August 1967 v <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_national_cricket_team" title="Pakistan national cricket team">Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last Test</th><td class="infobox-data">1 September 1981 v <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_cricket_team" title="Australia national cricket team">Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">ODI debut (cap <a href="/wiki/List_of_England_ODI_cricketers" title="List of England ODI cricketers">8</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">5 January 1971 v <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_cricket_team" title="Australia national cricket team">Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last ODI</th><td class="infobox-data">6 June 1977 v <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_cricket_team" title="Australia national cricket team">Australia</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" 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<tbody><tr><th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Competition</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/One_Day_International" title="One Day International">ODI</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/First-class_cricket" title="First-class cricket">FC</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_A_cricket" title="List A cricket">LA</a></th> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Matches</th> <td>95</td> <td>20</td> <td>511</td> <td>317</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Runs scored</th> <td>4,389</td> <td>200</td> <td>18,105</td> <td>3,260</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(cricket)" title="Batting average (cricket)">Batting average</a></th> <td>32.75</td> <td>20.00</td> <td>29.63</td> <td>16.13</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">100s/50s</th> <td>5/30</td> <td>0/1</td> <td>17/97</td> <td>0/6</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Top score</th> <td>135</td> <td>50</td> <td>156</td> <td>65</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Delivery_(cricket)" title="Delivery (cricket)">Balls</a> bowled</th> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>104</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Wicket" title="Wicket">Wickets</a></th> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>2</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Bowling_average" title="Bowling average">Bowling average</a></th> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>43.50</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Five-wicket_haul" title="Five-wicket haul">5 wickets in innings</a></th> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">10 wickets in match</th> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Best bowling</th> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>1/5</td> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Catches/<a href="/wiki/Stumped" title="Stumped">stumpings</a></th> <td>250/19</td> <td>15/1</td> <td>1,211/133</td> <td>343/54</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2" style="display:none"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align: right">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15917.html">Cricinfo</a>, <span class="nowrap">14 November 2007</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Alan Philip Eric Knott</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span></span> (born 9 April 1946) is a former <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricketer</a> who represented <a href="/wiki/England_cricket_team" title="England cricket team">England</a> at international level in both Tests and One-Day Internationals (ODI). Knott is widely regarded as one of the most eccentric characters in cricket and as one of the greatest <a href="/wiki/Wicket-keeper" title="Wicket-keeper">wicket-keepers</a> ever to play the game. He was described by cricket journalist <a href="/wiki/Simon_Wilde" title="Simon Wilde">Simon Wilde</a> as "a natural gloveman, beautifully economical in his movements and armed with tremendous powers of concentration".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the occasion of England's 1000th Test in August 2018 he was named in the country's greatest Test XI by the <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales_Cricket_Board" title="England and Wales Cricket Board">England and Wales Cricket Board</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Knott&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Belvedere,_London" title="Belvedere, London">Belvedere, Kent</a>, Knott was educated at Belmont Primary School and <a href="/wiki/Erith_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Erith School">Northumberland Heath Secondary Modern School</a>. Encouraged by his father, he made his Kent debut in 1964 at the age of 18, joining the list of well-known Kent wicket-keepers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Knott&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A servant for Kent for over twenty years, helping them to a number of successes such as in the <a href="/wiki/Benson_and_Hedges_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Benson and Hedges Cup">Benson and Hedges Cup</a> in 1973 and 1976, in the <a href="/wiki/Friends_Provident_Trophy" title="Friends Provident Trophy">Gillette Cup</a> in 1974 (where he was <a href="/wiki/Man_of_the_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Man of the match">man of the match</a> in the final),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and to a share of the <a href="/wiki/1977_County_Championship" title="1977 County Championship">1977 County Championship</a>, Knott scored over 18000 <a href="/wiki/First_class_cricket" class="mw-redirect" title="First class cricket">first-class</a> runs and made 1344 first-class wicketkeepting dismissals, placing him fourth on the all-time list (behind only <a href="/wiki/Bob_Taylor_(cricketer)" title="Bob Taylor (cricketer)">Bob Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Murray_(cricketer,_born_1935)" title="John Murray (cricketer, born 1935)">John Murray</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bert_Strudwick" class="mw-redirect" title="Bert Strudwick">Bert Strudwick</a>). </p><p>He gained his first Test cap at the age of 21, having been named Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year in 1965. He made his Test debut against <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan cricket team">Pakistan</a> in 1967. Batting at number 8, he made a duck in his first Test, at <a href="/wiki/Trent_Bridge" title="Trent Bridge">Trent Bridge</a>, but didn't concede a single <a href="/wiki/Bye_(cricket)" title="Bye (cricket)">bye</a> in the match. He made 28 in the second match but didn't make the starting eleven for the <a href="/wiki/English_cricket_team_in_the_West_Indies_in_1967-68" class="mw-redirect" title="English cricket team in the West Indies in 1967-68">1967–68 tour of the West Indies</a>, as <a href="/wiki/Jim_Parks_junior" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Parks junior">Jim Parks</a> was initially preferred. However, for the fourth and fifth matches of the series he was picked again. In the first of those he made his first Test half-century, a score of 69 not out, and he once again excelled at wicket-keeping.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the fifth Test at <a href="/wiki/Bourda" title="Bourda">Bourda</a> in <a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Guyana" title="Georgetown, Guyana">Georgetown</a>, Knott produced what he regarded as the innings of his career.<sup id="cite_ref-stumpy_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stumpy-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the last day, with England needing only to draw the match in order to win the series, off-spinner <a href="/wiki/Lance_Gibbs" title="Lance Gibbs">Lance Gibbs</a> took three quick wickets to have England teetering at 41 for 5 when Knott joined his captain <a href="/wiki/Colin_Cowdrey" title="Colin Cowdrey">Colin Cowdrey</a> at the crease. The two of them combined for a 127-run stand and when Cowdrey was dismissed for 82, there was still over an hour for the West Indies to claim the four remaining wickets.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the final over, Knott was still in, but with him was the number 11 batsman <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jones_(cricketer,_born_1941)" title="Jeff Jones (cricketer, born 1941)">Jeff Jones</a>. Amidst the tension - which was too much for Cowdrey and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Graveney" title="Tom Graveney">Tom Graveney</a>, who had gone and locked themselves in the toilets - Knott stayed calm and guided Jones through the final over to obtain the draw.<sup id="cite_ref-stumpy_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stumpy-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the winter of 1968/69, again against Pakistan, Knott confirmed his position as England's premier wicketkeeper-batsman. He made two 50s in the series, including 96 not out at <a href="/wiki/Karachi" title="Karachi">Karachi</a> when the match was prematurely ended by a pitch invasion by Pakistani fans, denying him a well-deserved hundred.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1970 Knott was named as one of the <a href="/wiki/Wisden_Cricketers_of_the_Year" title="Wisden Cricketers of the Year">Wisden Cricketers of the Year</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> County captain <a href="/wiki/Colin_Cowdrey" title="Colin Cowdrey">Colin Cowdrey</a> said: </p> <blockquote><p>I think he is the most gifted and dedicated cricketer one could ever wish to play with, never satisfied with his performance and always seeking for a little more perfection.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/English_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_1970%E2%80%9371" title="English cricket team in Australia in 1970–71">1970–71 series in Australia</a> he was instrumental in England regaining <a href="/wiki/The_Ashes" title="The Ashes">the Ashes</a>, taking five catches and stumping <a href="/wiki/Doug_Walters" title="Doug Walters">Doug Walters</a> in the decisive Seventh Test in <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Cricket_Ground" title="Sydney Cricket Ground">Sydney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the following series against <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand cricket team">New Zealand</a> he finally made his maiden Test century, 110 at <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a>, having missed the first match of the series, so that <a href="/wiki/Bob_Taylor_(cricketer)" title="Bob Taylor (cricketer)">Bob Taylor</a> could take the gloves as a reward for patience as reserve keeper on the four-month combined tour. Knott did not miss a Test until 1977, making a sum of five centuries and twenty-eight 50s in that time. </p><p>Knott was with England when they lost <a href="/wiki/The_Ashes" title="The Ashes">the Ashes</a> in 1974–5, but achieved a landmark in the fifth Test at <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval">Adelaide</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Wisden" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisden">Wisden</a></i> reporting that Knott's 106 not out was "only the second hundred by a wicket-keeper in the 219 Tests between England and Australia. Kent and England also claimed the first one in 1934 when <a href="/wiki/Les_Ames" title="Les Ames">L.E.G. Ames</a> scored 120 at Lord's",<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Knott would also make the fourth at <a href="/wiki/Trent_Bridge" title="Trent Bridge">Nottingham</a> in 1977 (<a href="/wiki/Rod_Marsh" title="Rod Marsh">Rod Marsh</a> making one in the intervening period in the <a href="/wiki/Centenary_Test" title="Centenary Test">Centenary Test</a> of 1977). </p><p>He has the distinction of once scoring 7 runs from a single delivery in Test cricket, off <a href="/wiki/Vanburn_Holder" title="Vanburn Holder">Vanburn Holder</a> in the Fourth England v West Indies Test at <a href="/wiki/Headingley_Carnegie_Cricket_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Headingley Carnegie Cricket Ground">Headingley</a> in 1976. Knott took a quick single to extra-cover where <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Julien" title="Bernard Julien">Bernard Julien</a> fielded and overthrew the wicket-keeper. Knott and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Greig" title="Tony Greig">Tony Greig</a> ran two overthrows before <a href="/wiki/Andy_Roberts_(cricketer)" title="Andy Roberts (cricketer)">Andy Roberts</a>, fielding at square-leg, retrieved the ball and threw it past the stumps at the bowler's end and over the long-off boundary for four more runs. </p><p>Knott helped England regain the <a href="/wiki/Australian_cricket_team_in_England_in_1977" title="Australian cricket team in England in 1977">Ashes in England in 1977</a>. His highest score of 135 came in the third test of this series, helping to turn the tide in a struggling England innings. This remains as of 2022 the highest score by an England wicket-keeper in <a href="/wiki/The_Ashes" title="The Ashes">the Ashes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previously however he had been persuaded by England colleague Tony Greig to join <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Packer" title="Kerry Packer">Kerry Packer</a>'s <a href="/wiki/World_Series_Cricket" title="World Series Cricket">World Series Cricket</a>. This effectively put his England career on hold as the 'Packer players' were banned from Test cricket. When he returned to Tests after the end of World Series Cricket in 1980, he had very little success against a mighty West Indian side, averaging 5.14 in the series. He did not play in the tour of the West Indies that immediately followed, but was picked for the final two Tests of the famous 1981 Ashes series. Fittingly for one of England's greatest players, he ended his last Test against Australia at <a href="/wiki/The_Oval" title="The Oval">The Oval</a>, with a score of 70 not out and an England series win, the fourth time he had ended a series on the side that won or retained <a href="/wiki/The_Ashes" title="The Ashes">the Ashes</a>. </p><p>Knott played for England in 20 <a href="/wiki/ODI_cricket" class="mw-redirect" title="ODI cricket">one-day internationals</a>, including the first one-day international of all and all of their matches in the first <a href="/wiki/Cricket_World_Cup" title="Cricket World Cup">Cricket World Cup</a>. He <a href="/wiki/Captain_(cricket)" title="Captain (cricket)">captained</a> England in one one-day international in 1976 against the West Indies, incidentally the match in which <a href="/wiki/Ian_Botham" title="Ian Botham">Ian Botham</a> made his international debut, and <a href="/wiki/Graham_Gooch" title="Graham Gooch">Graham Gooch</a> his one-day international debut.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Knott's England career came to an end when he chose to take part in the <a href="/wiki/South_African_rebel_tours#English_XI,_1981–82" title="South African rebel tours">first rebel tour to South Africa in 1981-82</a>, in defiance of the sporting ban against the <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a> state. For this he and the other rebels were banned from international cricket for three years.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, when the ban had expired, during the <a href="/wiki/1985_County_Championship" title="1985 County Championship">1985 County Championship</a> season, there were still some media commentators suggesting a recall to the Test team. </p><p>After 22 seasons with Kent Knott announced his retirement from cricket at the end of that season aged 39. He was still regarded as one of the finest wicketkeepers in the country, and his reasons for retirement included concern over an ankle injury as well as concentrating on his sports shop in Herne Bay, Kent, and gymnasium business.<sup id="cite_ref-thorough_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thorough-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tennant_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tennant-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_style_and_eccentricities">Playing style and eccentricities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Knott&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Playing style and eccentricities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Knott was known for his idiosyncratic behaviour on the field. His trademarks included always keeping his shirt collar turned up to protect him from the sun; his sleeves rolled down to safeguard his elbows when diving; and, after a tip from former Northamptonshire and England wicket-keeper <a href="/wiki/Keith_Andrew" title="Keith Andrew">Keith Andrew</a>, warming his hands with hot water before going onto the field. According to <a href="/wiki/Bob_Taylor_(cricketer)" title="Bob Taylor (cricketer)">Bob Taylor</a>, Knott preferred strong-backed gloves with full webbing and plenty of padding in the palms, wearing two pairs of chamois inners with strips of <a href="/wiki/Plasticine" title="Plasticine">plasticine</a> across the palms.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_post-career">Life post-career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Knott&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Life post-career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After retiring from playing Knott was employed by the England management as a part-time wicketkeeping coach and assessor of Test cricketers. He would have taken up a specialist wicketkeeping coaching position but it never materialized. In the early 2000s he and his wife moved to <a href="/wiki/Paphos,_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Paphos, Cyprus">Paphos, Cyprus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the October 2004 edition of <i>The Wisden Cricketer</i> magazine he was voted as the wicketkeeper in "England's Greatest post-war XI", receiving votes from 20 of the 25 panellists. </p><p>In an article written in 2008 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> journalist Michael Henderson, comparing Knott with <a href="/wiki/Adam_Gilchrist" title="Adam Gilchrist">Adam Gilchrist</a>, called Knott the greatest wicketkeeper-batsman, without argument, as opposed to Gilchrist, whom he called a batsman-wicketkeeper.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 September 2009 Alan Knott was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/ICC_Cricket_Hall_of_Fame" title="ICC Cricket Hall of Fame">ICC Cricket Hall of Fame</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2013 he was named in Wisden's all-time Test World XI.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His son <a href="/wiki/James_Knott_(cricketer)" title="James Knott (cricketer)">James</a> has also played first-class cricket for <a href="/wiki/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club" title="Surrey County Cricket Club">Surrey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minor_counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket">Minor counties</a> cricket for <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club">Cambridgeshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Bedfordshire County Cricket Club">Bedfordshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Knott was appointed <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of the British Empire">Member of the Order of the British Empire</a> (MBE) in the <a href="/wiki/2020_New_Year_Honours" title="2020 New Year Honours">2020 New Year Honours</a> for services to cricket.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Knott&action=edit&section=5" 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