Snape remained in control of the one-day side. In August 2007, it was announced that Nixon would be the new club captain for all competitions, after signing a three-year contract. First Class Centuries Nixon has eighteen first-class centuries to his name, with sixteen for Leicestershire and two for Kent. On only two occasions has his team lost after he has scored a century. The first time was whilst playing for Kent against Warwickshire in August 2002, where he hit 103 and then performed well as a keeper by taking three catches and making two stumpings, however Kent lost by 10 wickets. The second time was a 177 run loss playing for Leicestershire against Northamptonshire in September 2007, where he scored 110, and took four catches. * denotes not out List A career Nixon played 197 List A matches for Leicestershire, before moving to Kent and making 65 appearances there. He returned to Leicestershire for the 2003 season, and continued to feature for them until the end of the 2011 season. Other List A outings have been for England A, First Class Counties Select XI, England XI, and England. Nixon made his first List A fifty in his 37th match, against Nottinghamshire, hitting 60 in a 7 wicket loss. He hit his only hundred to date, against Sri Lanka A, before totalling 53 against the same opposition, and 60 against Sri Lanka B. 96* followed against Kent, before hitting 51 against Ireland which would be his last fifty for 35 games. He had to wait another 35 matches for his next fifty, which came for Kent against Surrey, and went on to hit two more half centuries for the Spitfires. After returning to Leicestershire, he hit four fifties in his first nineteen games, but then had to wait forty-four matches for his next landmark innings. Three half centuries in the 2006 season followed, and his form continued for England over the winter, and then his domestic side in the 2007 season. Nixon hit over 6000 List A runs, with landmarks being reached at various speeds along the way: 1000 runs, match 80, for Leicestershire against Sussex, in August 1994, making 14, and finishing the game with 1013 runs 2000 runs, match 151, for Leicestershire against Warwickshire, in May 1998, making 36, and finishing the game with 2027 runs 3000 runs, match 195, for Leicestershire against Essex, in August 1999, making 20*,