Facts of Heather Knight

  • Birth Date : December 26, 1990
  • Birth Place : Rochdale, England
  • City : Rochdale, England
  • Country : England
  • Gender : Female
  • Marital Status : Married
  • Married With : Tim
  • Horoscope : Capricorn
  • Net Worth : $175 Million
  • Height : 5.7 ft
  • Weight : 60 kg
  • Eye Color : Blue Eyes
  • Ethnicity : White
  • Father Name : Mike
  • Mother Name : Becky

Who is Heather Knight?

Heather Knight OBE is an English popular cricketer. Heather is an England top-order batter who also bowls occasional off-spin. She is the captain of the England women’s cricket team now.

Knight is a right-handed batter and right-arm-off spin bowler. Knight played in her 100th Women’s One Day International matches for England in December 2019.

Heather Knight: Bio, Birthday, Age, Zodiac, Sibling, Nationality, Ethnicity, Parents, Wiki

Heather was born in Rochdale, England, United Kingdom on 26 December 1990. Her full name or real name is Heather  Clare Knight. Her parents were named Mike and Becky father and mother respectively. The parent moved to Plymouth and motivated their two children to follow their passions. When she was aged eight, Heather followed her elder brother Steve to Plymstock Cricket Club.

As of March 2023, her age is around 32 years old. By birth her zodiac sign is Capricorn. She follows Christianity by religion. Her nationality and ethnicity are British and white respectively.

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Education and Academic Background

Famous English cricketer Knight was raised in Rochdale. Cricketer Heather attended Plymstock School, a state secondary school in Plymouth, Devon for her primary education.

She proposed a place at the University of Cambridge to study natural sciences but shifted down so that she would have the time to play cricket. She moved on to study Biomedical Sciences at Cardiff University.

Career and Profession

Domestic career

Knight played club cricket games for Plymstock Cricket Club in the Devon Cricket League. She began following colts training sessions at 8 years old and advanced through the club’s youth system.

Cricketer Knight is a prolific batter at the county level, originally for her home county of Devon and presently for Berkshire. She crowned the county run-scoring totals in both 2008 (390 runs) and 2009 (622). She also played cricket for the Diamonds, Sapphires, and Emeralds in the Super Fours.

Knight captained Western Storm in the currently defunct Women’s Cricket Super League, guiding them to the title in 2017 and 2019. She was the match-leading high run-scorer across its four seasons. She persisted to play for Western Storm in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy in 2020.

Knight has played crickets domestically in Australia, formerly for Tasmanian Roar and Hobart Hurricanes and presently for Sydney Thunder. She defeated the Women’s Big Bash League in her first season with the Thunder, top-scoring with 26* in the final. Heather was recruited by London Spirit for the inaugural season of The Hundred In 2021.  She was purchased by the London Spirit for the 2022 season of The Hundred In April 2022.

In the inaugural series of the Women’s Premier League in 2023, Knight was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the cost of 40 Lakhs.

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International career

Knight was named into the England team on their tour of India in 2010 as a substitute for the injured Sarah Taylor. She played in the 5th ODI (One Day International) on 1 March in Mumbai, opening the batting and scoring 49 on her international debut.

In 2010, She traveled to Sri Lanka with the England squad, creating her Twenty20 debut in the 2nd game of the series on 22 November in Colombo. She completed her test debut in the one-off Ashes test series at Sydney’s Bankstown Oval in January 2011.

She is the holder of one of the first tranches of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were declared in April 2014.

On 5 June 2016, Knight was selected captain of the England women’s cricket team after Charlotte Edwards stood down.

For ODI Inning records, She also evolved the first female cricketer to score a fifty and to bring a five-wicket haul.

icc womens cricket world cup 2022 england squad

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Heather Knight Top Records

  • 2nd Most runs in an inning by a captain in women’s test matches.
  • 3rd Most hundreds against one team (2) Women’s Test matches.
  • 5th Highest percentage of runs in a completed inning (56.56) in Women’s Test matches
  • 2nd Highest partnership for the seventh wicket (156) in Women’s Test matches
  • 5th Most successive matches as captain of a team (49) Women’s One-Day Internationals games
  • 4th Most runs in a series by a captain (788) Women’s One-Day Internationals
  • 3rd Best figures in an inning by a captain (5) Women’s One-Day Internationals
  • 4th Most catch in a series (13) Women’s One-Day Internationals
  • Opening the batting and bowling in the same match Women’s One-Day Internationals
  • 5th Highest partnership for the third wicket (213)Women’s One-Day Internationals
  • 5th Most matches as captain (65) Women’s Twenty20 Internationals
  • 3rd Most runs on a single ground (384) Women’s Twenty20 Internationals
  • 7th Highest Runs partnership for the fourth wicket (115) Women’s Twenty20 Internationals

T20I Records

  • Batting: Most runs 25th Most runs in a career (1583)
  • 26th Most run in innings (108*)
  • 22nd Most runs in a calendar year (486)
  • 3rd Most runs in innings (by batting position) (108*)
  • 30th Most run in a match on the losing side (67)
  • 3rd Most runs on a single ground (384)
  • 7th Most run in an inning by a captain (108*)

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Heather Knight: Height, Weight, Body Measurements

A popular English woman cricketer maintains her body using regular exercise and workouts. she looks healthy and fit every day. Heather Knight’s height is approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall which is 1.70 meters. Regarding her body weight is around 60kg or 132 lbs in pounds. Heather’s body Figure Measurements are approx 34-28-34 inches.

Cricketer Heather has brown color hair and beautiful pair of blue color eyes. Her Jersey number is 5.

Heather Knight height

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Heather Knight: Net worth, Income, Salary, and Contract

As a development of her flourishing career as a qualified player, he accumulated a lot of wealth and fame.

As of nowadays, her net worth is calculated to be $175 Million but her salary is unspecified.

Heather Knight: Married, Husband, Boyfriend, Affairs,

Relationship, Dating

Cricketer Heather Knight’s sexual orientation is straight. She is not a lesbian or gay.

The cricketer chooses to maintain lowkey when it comes to her private life. It is unspecified whether she is married or not. However, she is not unmarried as well.

Knight is currently married to Tim. She is long time dating an accountant named Tim.

heather knight and tim

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Heather Knight: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Social Media Profiles

Due to her cricketing profession, Heather has joined social media sites mainly Twitter.

She has more than 75.5K followers on her official Twitter account as of march 2023. She is also active on Instagram where more than 99.5k followers on Instagram.

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