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Paul Nixon
England
Player profile
Full name Paul Andrew Nixon
Born October 21, 1970, Carlisle, Cumberland
Current age 37 years 260 days
Major teams England, Kent, Leicestershire
Nickname Badger, Nico
Batting style Left-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Height
6 ft 0 in
Education Ullswater High
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| ODIs |
19 |
18 |
4 |
297 |
49 |
21.21 |
347 |
85.59 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
7 |
20 |
3 |
| T20Is |
1 |
1 |
1 |
31 |
31* |
- |
22 |
140.90 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| First-class |
317 |
468 |
105 |
12456 |
144* |
34.31 |
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18 |
62 |
|
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841 |
67 |
| List A |
384 |
329 |
68 |
6811 |
101 |
26.09 |
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1 |
31 |
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407 |
96 |
| Twenty20 |
50 |
47 |
10 |
887 |
65 |
23.97 |
749 |
118.42 |
0 |
3 |
73 |
26 |
24 |
13 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| ODIs |
19 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| T20Is |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| First-class |
317 |
|
75 |
100 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
8.00 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| List A |
384 |
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
2.00 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
50 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Career statistics
| ODI debut |
Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 12, 2007 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
West Indies v England at Bridgetown, Apr 21, 2007 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| Only T20I |
Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 9, 2007 scorecard |
| T20I statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1989 |
| Last First-class |
Leicestershire v Worcestershire at Leicester, Jun 29-Jul 1, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1989 |
| Last List A |
Leicestershire v Essex at Leicester, Jun 4, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Leicestershire v Yorkshire at Leicester, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Leicestershire v Derbyshire at Leicester, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard |
Paul Nixon is one of a crop of wicket-keeping batsmen who came along at the wrong time for an international career. His path into the England team was blocked by Jack Russell and especially Alec Stewart as the team tried to find an allrounder. Nixon's one taste of the top level came when he was Stewart's understudy on the 2000-01 tours of Pakistan and Sri Lanka. However, despite his lack of chances to prove himself with England he has been a fine servant in county cricket. For the two main stints of his career that has been with Leicestershire, where he helped them to their two Championship titles in 1996 and 1998, before joining Kent from 2000 until 2002. He was a popular player at Canterbury and helped improve their one-day cricket but with the emergence of Geraint Jones the club couldn't afford to keep both. He returned to Leicestershire in 2003 and slotted straight back into their team ethos. His role in Twenty20 cricket has been crucial and he is one of the best players of the reverse sweep in the county game (and possibly world cricket). Still an ultra-competitive player whose drive to be successful hasn't dimmed, that was rewarded when he was surprisingly drafted into the England one-day side in Australia in 2006-07 and did well enough to hold on to his place for the World Cup immediately afterwards, where he was solid with the bat - if not spectacular - and forever experimental with the vocals. Named in England's 25-man development squad it appeared he was heading for a Test debut at 36, but was overlooked for Matt Prior.
Andrew McGlashan May 2007
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Ed Smith steps down the pitch and drives
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Dec 7, 2007 |
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Paul Nixon appeals for a leg-before against Nathan Astle
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Dec 7, 2007 |
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Brian Lara was dismissed cheaply
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