Heather Knight is one of the most popular and richest Cricketer who was born on December 26, 1990 in Plymouth, England, United Kingdom. Knight was selected into the England team on the 2010 tour of India as a replacement to Sarah Taylor. She played in the 5th One Day International in Mumbai on March 1, 2010. Opening the batting, Knight scored 49 runs in her international debut. She made her Twenty20 debut on the 22nd match in Colombo with the England team while touring Sri Lanka in 2010. In January 2011, she made her test debut at Sydney’s Bankstown Oval.
On 5 June 2016, Knight was appointed captain of the England women’s cricket team after Charlotte Edwards stood down.
In October 2018, she was named as the captain of England’s squad for the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.
Knight was a prolific batsman at county-level for Devon. She has also played for the Diamonds and the Rubies, as well as the England Women’s Team. In 2008 (390 runs), and 2009 (622), she was the top-scoring county player.
Heather Clare Knight OBE, born 26 December 1990, is an English cricketer and captain of the England women’s cricket team. She is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. Knight was part of the 100th Women’s One Day International match in England in December 2019.
She is the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014.
