63 Facts About Paul Nixon

Since playing international cricket, Paul Nixon has been known for his contributions from behind the stumps.

Paul Nixon was clubbed for 69 off five overs, whilst Darren Robinson, bowling at the other end, was hit for 117 off just 4.4 overs.

In October 2007, Paul Nixon said that he would join the Indian Cricket League, joining fellow English cricketers Darren Maddy and Vikram Solanki.

Paul Nixon played two seasons for the Delhi Giants before the ICL folded.

Paul Nixon is an ambassador for Dorothy Goodman School, a Special Educational Needs school in Hinckley, Leicestershire.

Paul Nixon made his first-class debut in 1989 with Leicestershire and with them he won two Championship titles in 1996 and 1998.

Paul Nixon played for the club until 2000 when he moved to Kent.

Paul Nixon spent 2 years playing for Kent but due to the emergence of Geraint Jones he was forced into returning to Leicestershire in 2003.

Paul Nixon's highest score for Leicestershire was a career best 144 not out against Northamptonshire in 2006.

In July 2007, it was announced that Paul Nixon had been appointed captain of Leicestershire until the end of the county season.

Paul Nixon has eighteen first-class centuries to his name, with sixteen for Leicestershire and two for Kent.

Paul Nixon played 197 List A matches for Leicestershire, before moving to Kent and making 65 appearances there.

Paul Nixon returned to Leicestershire for the 2003 season, and continued to feature for them until the end of the 2011 season.

Paul Nixon made his first List A fifty in his 37th match, against Nottinghamshire, hitting 60 in a 7 wicket loss.

Paul Nixon hit his only hundred to date, against Sri Lanka A, before totalling 53 against the same opposition, and 60 against Sri Lanka B 96* followed against Kent, before hitting 51 against Ireland which would be his last fifty for 35 games.

Paul Nixon had to wait another 35 matches for his next fifty, which came for Kent against Surrey, and went on to hit two more half centuries for the Spitfires.

Paul Nixon hit over 6000 List A runs, with landmarks being reached at various speeds along the way:.

In Leicestershire's first ever Twenty20 Cup match against Yorkshire, which they won by 16 runs, Paul Nixon scored 43 off 26 deliveries, hitting four 6s, and took two catches and a stumping.

Paul Nixon hit 7 off 10 deliveries, including a 4, but his team's total of 162 proved inadequate in the end.

Paul Nixon had hit 3,0 and 9 in these first three matches, and in the next game against Nottinghamshire scored 23, including a 4 and a 6 to help his side to a 40 run win.

Paul Nixon was not required to bat on the day, but was now a winner of a Twenty20 Cup medal.

However, Leicestershire were soon back to winning ways against Durham, triumphing by 3 runs with Paul Nixon hitting 11 off 11 balls.

Lancashire ran out winners in the next game, with Paul Nixon being dismissed for a duck.

Scores of 15 not out and 4 followed in the next two wins over Nottinghamshire and Durham, and Paul Nixon was not required to bat in the Leicestershire victory over Yorkshire as his side moved on to the quarter-finals.

Derbyshire were next up, and Paul Nixon helped his side to an 18 run win with an unbeaten 25.

Paul Nixon scored his first half century of the tournament in the next game with 52 off 39 balls, a knock which included four 4s and three 6s, saw his side over the line against Yorkshire and won him the man of the match award.

Nottinghamshire were the opposition on the day, but the Foxes prevailed, winning by 4 runs, although Paul Nixon was not required to bat.

Paul Nixon scored 65 off 41 deliveries, hitting seven 4s and a 6, before being bowled by Graham Wagg, as Leicestershire got back to winning ways with a 6 wicket win.

Paul Nixon posted a partnership of 121 with Hylton Deon Ackerman and stumped Greg Smith after the South African had made 79.

Paul Nixon finished with 49, missing out on his half century when he got out to Jacob Oram off the last ball, hitting two 4s and two 6s along the way.

Paul Nixon contributed with the bat in the 1st final against Australia with an unbeaten 11 from 10 balls as England won with 3 balls to spare.

Paul Nixon first played at the start of the Commonwealth Series, starting in January 2007; a competition contested between Australia, New Zealand and England, with all games being played in Australia.

Paul Nixon made an appearance with the bat in each match with a top score of 11 not out.

Paul Nixon caught eight Australian batsmen off a range of bowling, and helped run out Adam Gilchrist with Liam Plunkett in the third encounter between the two sides.

Paul Nixon was dismissed by Glenn McGrath, with what was the Australian bowler's last ball in cricket at the SCG.

On 26 April 2007, Paul Nixon was named as one of two wicket keepers in the 25-man performance squad for the summer series against the West Indies and India.

Ultimately, Matt Prior was selected as wicket-keeper for the First Test against the West Indies, despite Paul Nixon contributing with the bat during the early stages of the season for Leicestershire.

However, Paul Nixon was selected as wicket-keeper for the England Lions team facing the West Indies before the tourists' one-day series against England.

Paul Nixon ended the innings 42 not out, hitting five 4s having faced 41 balls.

In New Zealand's reply, Paul Nixon caught Lou Vincent off the bowling of James Anderson as the opener was dismissed for 0.

Six days later, England beat Kenya by 7 wickets, although Paul Nixon was not required to bat.

In England's first Super Eight match against Ireland, Paul Nixon contributed a 19 off 15 deliveries, hitting a 4 and a 6 along the way, helping the team's total to 266.

Paul Nixon came to the crease and scored 42 off 44 deliveries, with two 4s and a 6, sharing an 87 run partnership with Ravi Bopara off 15.2 overs, before skying a Lasith Malinga delivery to Mahela Jayawardene.

Paul Nixon's 6 came in the form of a reverse sweep off the bowling of Muttiah Muralitharan.

Paul Nixon came in to bat towards the end of the innings, hit a Glenn McGrath delivery for six, before the bowler got his revenge and had him caught for 8 by Brad Hodge.

Ravi Bopara had hit over 100 runs at this point, and out of these six players, Paul Nixon was the only one not to have hit at least 50 in a single innings.

Paul Nixon took two catches, both off the bowling of James Anderson.

Nixon, along with Paul Collingwood, chipped away at the total and took England to a four wicket win.

Paul Nixon finished on 20 not out, hitting a 4 and a 6 along the way.

Paul Nixon faced 39 deliveries, compared to Collingwood's 74, for 23 runs.

England made a breakthrough in the 10th over, as Paul Nixon caught Abraham de Villiers for 42 off the bowling of Andrew Flintoff, but South Africa already had 85 on the board.

Paul Nixon was run out for 18, but the hosts still went on to compile 300 with Chris Gayle, Devon Smith and Marlon Samuels all hitting half centuries.

Paul Nixon kept his score ticking along, whilst keeping his wicket intact.

Liam Plunkett came and went, and with three more runs needed, Paul Nixon himself was bowled by Dwayne Bravo.

Paul Nixon's 38 was a contribution which helped bring England to the cusp of victory.

England finished fifth in the competition overall, although Paul Nixon had proved one of the team's success stories.

Paul Nixon finished the tournament with an average of 38.6, having scored 193 runs.

Paul Nixon was the only English batsman to score over 100 runs without hitting over 50 in a single innings.

Paul Nixon made two more knocks with strike rates over 95, against West Indies and Sri Lanka.

Paul Nixon was involved in four of the highest scoring England partnerships:.

Paul Nixon announced that he would play his final game of professional cricket at Grace Road against Kent on 6 August 2011 in a T20 quarter final, which meant that should Leicestershire beat Kent and get into finals day he would play.

Leicestershire got into finals day, with their highest ever T20 chase of 203 in 20 overs, which they managed in 19.2 overs, with Paul Nixon scoring 31 runs from 17 deliveries.

Leicestershire then went on to win the competition; firstly beating Lancashire in a super over eliminator, then beating Somerset by 18 runs in the final, meaning that Paul Nixon got the winning end to his career.