Kenneth Alan Nicholson (born 7 August 1945) is a New Zealand former cricketer and journalist. He played one first-class and three List A matches for Otago 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 substitute fielders in New Zealand's Test match against India in Bangalore, after several members of the New Zealand team went down with illness.