Cricket: England beat New Zealand in women's International Twenty20 series
Date published: 29 June 2018
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Rochdale-born England captain, Heather Knight OBE
Rochdale-born England captain Heather Knight’s team defeated New Zealand by seven wickets in the International Twenty20 match in Bristol on Thursday (28 June).
In a game which saw England bat with confidence, with splendid bowling and catching, England were 130-3 and New Zealand 129 all out. Knight’s side have dominated the competition so far, previously beating New Zealand by 54 runs on Saturday 23 June (172-8 and 118 all out) and smashing the women’s Twenty20 international record – just hours after a new record was set by New Zealand.
The new score set by Knight’s side is the highest ever batting total in women’s international T20, and also the largest victory margin in the history of T20. Currently the men’s T20 record stands at 230 for 8, set in the 2016 world series against South Africa.
England Women have had just one loss so far in the International T20 series, losing by six wickets to South Africa on 23 June (England 160-5 and South Africa 166-4).
27-year-old Knight began playing cricket in boys’ and men’s teams when she was just eight-years-old after moving to Plymouth as a young girl. A talented right-handed batswoman, she played for Plymstock Cricket Club and at county level for Devon. She was part of the England squad which reclaimed the Ashes against Australia in 2013 and helped retain them in 2014.
Knight received an OBE on this year’s New Year’s honour list and was named among Wisden Almanack’s Five Cricketers of the Year for 2017 after she led the women’s team to a triumphant World Cup victory last summer.
One of the closest finals in the tournament's history, only the 2000 final between Australia and New Zealand was decided by a narrower margin of four runs.
England will face New Zealand again in the tri-series final in Chelmsford on Sunday (1 July), before the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2018 in the West Indies from 9 to 24 November.
England will face Sri Lanka on 10 November, South Africa on 16 November and the West Indies on 18 November, plus a qualifier on 12 November.
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