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Heather Knight, an OBE winner of 2018, now has been leading the English national cricket team for almost 7 years. Even the previous year, she played as the captain in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup held in New Zealand.
On this year’s July, the top-order batter touched an incredible feat of scoring 6000 runs in international cricket. She accomplished the milestone while facing the Aussies in the first ODI contest of the multi-format Ashes series.
So far, Heather Knight has achieved a top score of 106 in ODIs. She played this memorable innings against Pakistan back in 2017 in Leicester.
Her contributions at the biggest stages came to the limelight once again after she put on a valiant show scoring 75 out of 86 balls against Australia at the Oval. With this inning, Heather Knight’s records secured a place amongst the elite captains in women’s international cricket.
She has now officially scored 6209 runs across all formats of the game. Also, her test knock of 168* against Australia in 2022’s Ashes helped England gain back momentum in that series. Standing today, this innings happens to be the second-highest score by any woman cricketer in Test matches.
Heather Knight’s test milestones are not the only elements that speak highly of her. In fact, she has the fourth-best bowling figures in ODIs marking a 5-wicket haul against Pakistan.
At present, there’s hardly any ideal leader next to her when it comes to women’s cricket. Having said that, no one has opened the batting and bowling spells in an ODI match to date other than Heather Knight - a true inspiration for the upcoming cricketers.
Knight has already played 104 T20I matches for England. Her cumulative score in all these matches is 1673.
In addition, her amazing short-format career flaunts an appreciable strike rate of 117.98. The fans have witnessed this middle-order batter scoring four half-centuries and one hundred in T20Is.
In 2023, she participated in the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League. Before Heather Knight’s IPL career began, she even participated in the Big Bash League where she represented the Sydney Thunder Women. Altogether, the cricketer played 17 matches in both the domestic leagues combined and scored 355 runs in total.
Seeing Heather Knight's video, one will readily acknowledge her batting grace. Her presence provides relief for the other players as Heath comes up to build the innings steadily each time. Having registered an average score of above 27 after 17 innings, she's now a proven threat for her opponents in the twenty-over format as well.
Heath Knight is inarguably one of the greatest active captains in women’s cricket. She has already scored 5 centuries and 33 fifties, thus thumping a commendable average of 32.54 across all formats.
Now, the England cricket team heavily relies on Knight to secure crucial points in ICC tournaments. Also, her leadership gets greatly appreciated in the red ball format This is because she brings to the table hoards of first-hand experience after playing at the top level for more than twelve years.
FAQs
What is Heather Knight’s age?
Heather Knight, who was born on 26th December 1990, will soon turn 33 years old. She is heavily popular by the nickname ‘Trevor’ as called by her teammates since the early days of her coaching camps.
Who’s Heather Knight’s father?
Her father's name is Mike Knight. Mike and Becky, Heather's mother, tremendously supported their daughter's efforts to become a professional cricketer since childhood. In fact, the family enjoyed playing together on the weekends, as revealed through several news sources.
What did Heather pursue in college?
Heather Knight studied B.Sc in Physiology at Cardiff University. She grabbed the opportunity instead of opting for a graduation course in natural sciences from the University of Cambridge. This decision was made to devote more time towards game practice.
