Alan Knott's Test Debut — England's Greatest Modern Wicketkeeper Arrives, 1967

Knott had been regarded as Kent's outstanding young talent since his county debut in 1964. His keeping was technically immaculate — quiet hands, a low stance, and reflexes that produced dismissals that other keepers would not have attempted — and his batting was an unexpected bonus. He was right-handed, aggressive in defence and attack, with a peculiar crouch that produced clean hitting to leg. Selected for the third Pakistan Test at The Oval, he kept efficiently and contributed usefully with the bat. His 95-Test career produced 269 catches and stumpings and 4,389 runs at 32.75, with five centuries. He joined World Series Cricket in 1977 and was temporarily banned from Test cricket, but returned to play through 1981. He is universally rated as one of the two best England wicketkeepers since the war (alongside Bob Taylor in a different style).