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Full name Paul Andrew Nixon
Born October 21, 1970, Carlisle, Cumberland
Current age 37 years 353 days
Major teams England,Kent,Leicestershire
Nickname Badger, Nico
Batting style Left-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Height
6 ft 0 in
Education Ullswater High
Batting and fielding averages
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
326
482
108
12955
144*
34.63
19
63
875
67
List A
390
335
69
6938
101
26.08
1
32
413
98
Twenty20
50
47
10
887
65
23.97
749
118.42
0
3
73
26
24
13
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
19
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T20Is
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
326
105
141
0
-
-
-
8.05
-
0
0
0
List A
390
3
1
0
-
-
-
2.00
-
0
0
0
Twenty20
50
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
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
Leicestershire v Derbyshire at Leicester, Sep 24-26, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1989
Last List A
Surrey v Leicestershire at The Oval, Sep 13, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Leicestershire v Yorkshire at Leicester, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Leicestershire v Derbyshire at Leicester, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard
Profile
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
