{{short description|New Zealand cricketer (born 1964)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Ken McKnight | image = | country = New Zealand | fullname = Kenneth James McKnight | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|4|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ranfurly, Central Otago, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | family = Stewart McKnight (father) | batting = Left-handed | bowling = | role = Wicket-keeper | club1 = Central Otago | year1 = {{nowrap|1983/84–1996/97}} | club2 = Otago | year2 = {{nowrap|1987/88–1991/92}} | type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 13 January | debutyear1 = 1988 | debutfor1 = Otago | debutagainst1 = Northern Districts | lastdate1 = 6 December | lastyear1 = 1991 | lastfor1 = Otago | lastagainst1 = Northern Districts | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 8 | runs1 = 172 | bat avg1 = 15.63 | 100s/50s1 = 0/1 | top score1 = 56* | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 15/3 | date = 21 January | year = 2021 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37772.html ESPNcricinfo }}
'''Kenneth James McKnight''' (born 8 April 1964) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played eight first-class matches for Otago between the 1987–88 and 1991–92 seasons.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37772.html |title=Kenneth McKnight |access-date=15 May 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
McKnight was born at Ranfurly in Central Otago in 1964, the son of Stewart McKnight, a farmer who had played seven times for Otago and represented New Zealand at curling. Ken McKnight was educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin and played age-group cricket for Otago in the 1982–83 season before making his Hawke Cup debut for Central Otago the following season.<ref name=mc>McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010''. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. {{isbn|978 1 905138 98 2}} ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)</ref><ref name=ca>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18649/18649.html Ken McKnight], CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 November 2023. {{subscription required}}</ref>
McKnight's highest first-class score was 56 not out against Central Districts in 1988-89, when he helped Otago save the match after they followed on 231 runs behind.<ref>{{cite web | url-access=subscription |url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/50/50885.html| title = Central Districts v Otago 1988-89| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date =16 February 2022}}</ref> Later he captained Central Otago to their only Hawke Cup title when they defeated Taranaki in January 1996.<ref>{{cite web | url-access=subscription |url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/123/123739.html| title = Taranaki v Central Otago 1995-96| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date =16 February 2022}}</ref> He now lives in Queensland.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Cricket |journal=Positively Maniototo |date=February 2016 |page=8 |url=https://www.maniototo.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/PM-February-2016-.pdf}}</ref>
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