Kenneth Alan Nicholson (born 7 August 1945) is a New Zealand former

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er and journalist. He played one first-class and three

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matches for

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between 1971 and 1973. Nicholson also played for Southland cricket team for 20 years. In November 1988, Nicholson, then a journalist, and Jeremy Coney played as

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s in New Zealand's Test match against India in Bangalore, after several members of the New Zealand team went down with illness.

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