Ken McKnight

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer (born 1964)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ken McKnight

| image =

| country = New Zealand

| fullname = Kenneth James McKnight

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|4|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ranfurly, Central Otago, New Zealand

| death_date =

| death_place =

| family = Stewart McKnight (father)

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling =

| role = Wicket-keeper

| club1 = Central Otago

| year1 = {{nowrap|1983/84–1996/97}}

| club2 = Otago

| year2 = {{nowrap|1987/88–1991/92}}

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 13 January

| debutyear1 = 1988

| debutfor1 = Otago

| debutagainst1 = Northern Districts

| lastdate1 = 6 December

| lastyear1 = 1991

| lastfor1 = Otago

| lastagainst1 = Northern Districts

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 8

| runs1 = 172

| bat avg1 = 15.63

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 56*

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 15/3

| date = 21 January

| year = 2021

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37772.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Kenneth James McKnight (born 8 April 1964) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played eight first-class matches for Otago between the 1987–88 and 1991–92 seasons.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37772.html |title=Kenneth McKnight |access-date=15 May 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

McKnight was born at Ranfurly in Central Otago in 1964, the son of Stewart McKnight, a farmer who had played seven times for Otago and represented New Zealand at curling. Ken McKnight was educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin and played age-group cricket for Otago in the 1982–83 season before making his Hawke Cup debut for Central Otago the following season.McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. {{isbn|978 1 905138 98 2}} ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18649/18649.html Ken McKnight], CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 November 2023. {{subscription required}}

McKnight's highest first-class score was 56 not out against Central Districts in 1988-89, when he helped Otago save the match after they followed on 231 runs behind.{{cite web | url-access=subscription |url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/50/50885.html| title = Central Districts v Otago 1988-89| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date =16 February 2022}} Later he captained Central Otago to their only Hawke Cup title when they defeated Taranaki in January 1996.{{cite web | url-access=subscription |url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/123/123739.html| title = Taranaki v Central Otago 1995-96| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date =16 February 2022}} He now lives in Queensland.{{cite journal |title=Cricket |journal=Positively Maniototo |date=February 2016 |page=8 |url=https://www.maniototo.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/PM-February-2016-.pdf}}