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| Full name | Heather Clare Knight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (age 34) Rochdale, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Trev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armoff break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 149) | 22 January 2011 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 30 January 2025 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 115) | 1 March 2010 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 17 January 2025 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 29) | 22 November 2010 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 25 January 2025 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Devon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2024 | Berkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014/15–2015/16 | Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015/16–2019/20 | Hobart Hurricanes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2024 | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020/21 | Sydney Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | London Spirit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24–present | Sydney Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Heather Clare KnightOBE (born 26 December 1990) is an English internationalcricketer and former captain of theEngland women's cricket team. She is a right-handedbatter and right armoff spin bowler. Knight played in her 100thWomen's One Day International match for England in December 2019.
Knight was born on 26 December 1990 inRochdale and was educated atPlymstock School, astatesecondary school inPlymouth, Devon.[1] She was offered a place at theUniversity of Cambridge to studynatural sciences, but turned it down so that she would have the time to play cricket.[2] She went on to studyBiomedical Sciences atCardiff University.[3]
Knight playedclub cricket for Plymstock Cricket Club in theDevon Cricket League.[4] She started attending colts training sessions at 8 years old and progressed through the club's youth system.
Knight is a prolific batter at county level, initially for her home county ofDevon and currently forBerkshire. She topped the county run scoring aggregates in both 2008 (390 runs) and 2009 (622). She also played for theDiamonds,Sapphires andEmeralds in theSuper Fours.
Knight captainedWestern Storm in the now-defunctWomen's Cricket Super League, leading them to the title in2017 and2019.[5][6] She was the competition's leading run-scorer across its four seasons.[7] She continued to play for Western Storm in theRachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy in 2020.[8]
Knight has played domestically inAustralia, previously forTasmanian Roar andHobart Hurricanes and currently forSydney Thunder. She won theWomen's Big Bash League in herfirst season with the Thunder, top-scoring with 26* in the final.[9] In 2021, she was drafted byLondon Spirit for theinaugural season ofThe Hundred.[10] In April 2022, she was bought by theLondon Spirit for the2022 season ofThe Hundred.[11]
In the inaugural season of theWomen's Premier League in 2023, Knight was bought byRoyal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the price of 40 Lakhs.[12]
Knight joined Somerset in November 2024.[13][14]
Knight was called into the England squad on theirtour of India in 2010 as a replacement for the injuredSarah Taylor and played in the 5th One Day International on 1 March inMumbai, opening the batting and scoring 49 on her international debut.[15] She touredSri Lanka with the England team in 2010, making her Twenty20 debut in the 2nd match of the series on 22 November inColombo.[16] She made her test debut in the one-off Ashes test atSydney'sBankstown Oval in January 2011.
She is the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014.[17]
On 5 June 2016, Knight was appointed captain of theEngland women's cricket team afterCharlotte Edwards stood down.[18]
She also became the first female cricketer to score a fifty and to take a five wicket haul in an ODI innings.[19]
Heather Knight led the England team in her firstWomen's Cricket World Cup as captain, and they won the tournament despite losing toIndia in the opening match. In the second group match againstPakistan she, along withNatalie Sciver, went on to put on a record 3rd-wicket partnership in the history ofWomen's Cricket World Cup (213)[20] as England managed to defeat Pakistan convincingly by 107 runs.[21] In thefinal atLord's Knight led England to a 9 run victory overIndia.[22][23][24]
Following the team's success, she was awarded anOBE in the Queen's 2018New Year Honours list.[25]
In April 2018 she was named one of the fiveWisden Cricketers of the Year for her part in the 2017 World Cup victory.[26]
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In October 2018, she was named as the captain of England's squad for the2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[27][28]
In February 2019, she was awarded a full central contract by theEngland and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for 2019.[29][30] In June 2019, the ECB named her in England's squad for their opening matchagainst Australia to contest theWomen's Ashes.[31][32]
On 12 December 2019, during England's seriesagainst Pakistan in Malaysia, Knight became the tenth woman for England to play in 100 WODI matches.[33]
In January 2020, Knight was named as the captain of England's squad for the2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[34] In England's second match of the tournament, againstThailand, Knight scored her 1,000th run in WT20Is.[35] She also scored herfirst century in WT20I cricket,[36] and became the first cricketer to score a century in all three formats ofwomen's international cricket.[37]
On 18 June 2020, Knight was named in a squad of 24 players to begin training ahead of international women's fixtures starting in England following theCOVID-19 pandemic.[38][39] In June 2021, Knight was named as the captain of England'sTest squad for their one-off matchagainst India.[40][41] On 3 July 2021, in the home series against India, Knight scored her 3,000th run and took her 50th wicket in WODI cricket.[42][43] In December 2021, Knight was named as the captain of England's squad for theirtour to Australia to contest theWomen's Ashes.[44] In February 2022, she was named as the captain of England's team for the2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[45] In July 2022, she was named as the captain of England's team for thecricket tournament at the2022 Commonwealth Games inBirmingham, England.[46]
She was named captain of the England squad for the2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup[47] and for their multi-format tour toSouth Africa in November 2024.[48][49]
In December 2024, Knight was named captain of the England squad for the2025 Women's Ashes series in Australia.[50][51]
On 22 March 2025, Knight was sacked as captain of England after almost nine years following a run of poor results including a whitewash defeat by Australia in an Ashes series earlier in the year.[52][53]
Knight was the first woman, and also the first England player, to score an international century in all three formats of the game.[54][55] Her international centuries are:
| Heather Knight's Test centuries[56] | ||||||
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| No. | Runs | Match | Opponents | City/Country | Venue | Year |
| 1 | 157 | 2 |  Australia |  Wormsley,England | Sir Paul Getty's Ground | 2013[57] |
| 2 | 168* | 9 | Australia | Canberra,Australia | Manuka Oval | 2022[58] |
| Heather Knight's One Day International centuries[59] | ||||||
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| No. | Runs | Match | Opponents | City/Country | Venue | Year |
| 1 | 106 | 68 |  Pakistan | Leicester,England | Grace Road | 2017[60] |
| 2 | 101 | 111 |  New Zealand | Derby,England | County Ground | 2021[61] |
| Heather Knight's T20 International centuries[62] | ||||||
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| No. | Runs | Match | Opponents | City/Country | Venue | Year |
| 1 | 108* | 72 |  Thailand | Canberra,Australia | Manuka Oval | 2020[63] |
Knight'snickname is "Trev". In 2015, she explained to sports journalistClare Balding that "When I was about 13 and introduced myself at cricket camp, they thought I said Trevor rather than Heather!"[64]
In September 2024, Knight admitted a disciplinary charge relating to wearingBlackface to a 2012 end of season fancy dress party for a club in Kent whilst she was playing for Berkshire and England. She was reprimanded by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) and fined £1,000, which was suspended for two years. In its adjudication the CDC said it accepted there was no racist or discriminatory intent, but it reiterated that the photograph which led to the charge was "plainly prejudicial to the interests of cricket" and "brought the game and Ms Knight into disrepute."[65][66][67]
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