Alan Philip Eric Knott (born 9 April 1946 in Belvedere, Kent), is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman.Knott was educated at Northumberland Heath Secondary Modern School. He played for the England Test side between 1967 and 1981, and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1970. He was particularly known for his habit of conducting limbering-up exercises at any inactive moment during a match.