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Heather Knight will discontinue from world cricket astatine nan extremity of this week’s Test lucifer against India astatine Lord’s.
Knight, who has made a grounds 320 appearances for England, has joined teammate Tammy Beaumont successful calling clip connected her profession astatine nan extremity of what is nan first women’s Test lucifer astatine nan location of cricket, and 1 successful which England look headed for conclusion aft a gruelling 2nd day’s play connected Saturday.
The 35-year-old made her England debut successful 2010 and went connected to skipper nan broadside connected 199 occasions betwixt 2016 and 2025, guiding nan squad to occurrence astatine nan ICC Women’s World Cup connected location ungraded successful 2017.
However, Knight was sacked arsenic skipper successful March past twelvemonth aft a diabolical Ashes circuit of Australia successful which England were trounced 16-0.
“I’m highly grateful and privileged to person gone connected nan travel that I person been connected arsenic an England cricketer,” Knight said.
“It’s difficult to locomotion distant because nan dressing room and nan group successful nan dressing room person been a changeless successful my life for 16 years, and nan memories and nan experiences and nan group person helped style maine go who I americium today, but I’m really contented pinch this determination and I’m really excited for what’s next.”
Knight, who became nan first English subordinate to people hundreds of years successful each 3 formats of nan crippled erstwhile she made her first T20 100 successful Canberra successful 2020, began this week’s trial connected 7,988 world runs.
On Saturday she added only six to that tally earlier falling unfortunate to Sayali Satghare arsenic England were bowled retired for 170, ending nan time 269 runs down an India broadside who will resume connected 154 for 1 connected Sunday.
Like Beaumont, who announced earlier this week nan Test lucifer would beryllium her past world appearance, Knight is among nan past of nan ‘originals’ who sewage nan first batch of master contracts successful nan women’s game.
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Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Amy Jones are nan only others still progressive successful nan game.
“Growing up arsenic a small woman from Devon and playing pinch nan boys, I ne'er thought I’d get to acquisition this,” Knight added. “It feels correct to time off nan crippled pinch this historical trial astatine Lord’s. It’s been an astonishing 16 years and I consciousness truthful lucky.”
