Craig Thomas McKnight (born 6 September 1969) is a

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

former first-class

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er. McKnight was born in September 1969 at Bellshill, Lanarkshire. He was educated at

Hutcheson's Grammar School Hutchesons' Grammar School is a co-educational independent day school for pupils aged 3-18 in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded as Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School by George Hutcheson and Thomas Hutcheson in 1641 It is a selective school, m ...

, before matriculating to the University of Strathclyde. A club cricketer for

Poloc Cricket Club Poloc Cricket Club is a cricket club based at Pollok Country Park in south Glasgow, Scotland. The club's Shawholm ground encompasses the cricket oval, three all-weather tennis courts, and used to have the world's only six-hole golf course appro ...

, McKnight made a single appearance for Scotland in first-class cricket against Ireland at Edinburgh in 1990. Playing in the Scottish side as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler, he took the wickets of Mark Cohen, Alan Lewis and

Noel Nelson Noel Nelson (born 13 April 1967) is a former Irish first-class cricketer. Nelson was born at Banbridge in County Down in April 1967, and was educated at Banbridge Academy. An all-rounder at club level, he played one first-class cricket matc ...

in the Irish first innings, finishing the innings with figures of 3 for 48. In the Scottish first innings, he was dismissed without scoring by

Garfield Harrison Garfield David Harrison (born 1961) is one of four brothers to have played cricket for the Ireland cricket team. Garfield was by far the most successful of the four, playing 118 times for Ireland between 1983 and 1997, including twelve first- ...

. Prior to his debut for Scotland, McKnight was associated with English county side Nottinghamshire, playing several second eleven matches for them.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McKnight, Craig 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Bellshill People educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School Alumni of the University of Strathclyde Scottish cricketers