Full name Paul Andrew Nixon
Born October 21, 1970, Carlisle, Cumberland
Current age 39 years 20 days
Major teams England, Delhi Giants, Kent, Leicestershire
Nickname Badger, Nico
Batting style Left-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Height 6 ft 0 in
Education Ullswater High
| 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 | 335 | 499 | 110 | 13486 | 173* | 34.66 | 20 | 65 | 885 | 67 | ||||
| List A | 401 | 344 | 71 | 7134 | 101 | 26.13 | 1 | 33 | 417 | 99 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 60 | 56 | 11 | 1095 | 65 | 24.33 | 933 | 117.36 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 28 | 33 | 13 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T20Is | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class | 335 | 112 | 150 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.03 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| List A | 401 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | |
| Only T20I | Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 9, 2007 scorecard |
| T20I statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1989 |
| Last First-class | Northamptonshire v Leicestershire at Northampton, Sep 23-25, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1989 |
| Last List A | Leicestershire v Surrey at Leicester, Sep 27, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Leicestershire v Yorkshire at Leicester, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Leicestershire v Durham at Leicester, Jun 28, 2009 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
- Nixon resigns as Leicestershire captain (Aug 7, 2009)
- Dippenaar and Nixon save Leicestershire (Apr 18, 2009)
- Chucking at Sir Viv (Apr 16, 2009)
- Delhi pip Chandigarh via bowl-out (Nov 5, 2008)
- Chennai squeeze out narrow win (Oct 24, 2008)
Sep 18, 2009
Thumbs up: Paul Nixon moves past 150
© Getty Images
Oct 12, 2008
Ahmedabad celebrate the wicket of Avishka Gunawardene
© ICL
Oct 12, 2008
Heath Streak bowled Paul Nixon in the final over
© ICL
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