Nigel Hackett

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Nigel Hackett

| image =

| fullname = Nigel Paul Hackett

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|8|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Stowbridge, Norfolk, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Left-arm medium-fast

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Minor Counties

| year1 = 1992

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Staffordshire

| year2 = 1991–1994

| clubnumber2 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = List A

| matches1 = 6

| runs1 = 5

| bat avg1 = 5.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 3*

| deliveries1 = 354

| wickets1 = 8

| bowl avg1 = 31.37

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 3/45

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| date = 15 June

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14401.html Cricinfo

}}

Nigel Paul Hackett (born 22 August 1962) is a former English cricketer. Hackett was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium-fast. He was born in Stowbridge, Norfolk.

Hackett made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1991 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Oxfordshire. Hackett played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1991 to 1993, which included 25 Minor Counties Championship matches{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17662/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Nigel Hackett|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 June 2011}} and 12 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17662/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Nigel Hackett|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 June 2011}} In 1991, he made his List A debut for Staffordshire against Northamptonshire in the NatWest Trophy. He made 3 further appearances in List A cricket for the county, the last coming against Surrey in the 1994 NatWest Trophy.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17662/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Nigel Hackett|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 June 2011}} In his 4 List A matches for the county, he took 4 wickets at an average of 39.00, with best figures of 3/45.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17662/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Nigel Hackett|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 June 2011}} He made 2 List A appearances for the Minor Counties cricket team in the 1992 Benson & Hedges Cup against Sussex and Leicestershire. In these matches, he took 4 wickets for the team at an average of 23.75, with best figures of 3/55.