Barry Knight

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Barry Knight England (ENG)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm fast-medium
	Tests	First-class
Matches	29	379
Runs scored	812	13336
Batting average	26.19	25.69
100s/50s	2/-	12/66
Top score	127	165
Balls bowled	5377	57813
Wickets	70	1089
Bowling average	31.75	24.06
5 wickets in innings	-	45
10 wickets in match	-	8
Best bowling	4/38	8/69
Catches/stumpings	14/-	263/-
Test debut: 1 December 1961 Last Test: 7 August 1969 Source: [1]

Barry Rolfe Knight (born February 18, 1938, Chesterfield, Derbyshire) is a former English cricketer 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.