Heather Knight Q&A
Heather Knight, during the 5th Vitality IT20 match between England and West Indies.
Adding Value England star Heather Knight has had quite a year. On and off the field.
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ew - if any - individuals have made a greater impact on English women’s cricket in recent times than Heather Knight. Not content with her playing achievements, having famously led England to ICC Cricket World Cup glory in front of a roaring crowd of 24,000 at Lord’s in 2017, the all-rounder has also been blazing a trail when it comes to progressing the game off the pitch.
In her new role as Vice Chair of the PCA Players’ Committee, working alongside fellow Vice Chair James Harris and Chairman Daryl Mitchell, Knight has been an influential voice at the table when it has come to negotiating key issues such as Hundred contracts, the formation of the eight new regional centres and the induction of a new cohort of female members into the PCA in 2020. On a global level, Knight is England’s representative on the
Women’s Player Advisory Group within the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA), meaning she helps to ensure that collective players’ views are heard from a worldwide point of view. The PCA’s Communications Executive Peter Clark sat down with Heather to discuss her vision for the future of international women’s cricket, a unique summer with England in the bio-secure bubble, the success of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and more…
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