Former England captain Knight announces retirement

Former England captain Heather Knight has announced her retirement from international cricket. Knight, 35, said she is stepping away from the England set‑up alongside batter Tammy Beaumont, who also concluded her international career at the close of the ongoing Test match against India at Lord's. The all‑rounder finishes with 320 planetary appearances, an England women’s record, and guided her side to a historic World Cup victory at Lord’s in 2017 after taking over the captaincy from Charlotte Edwards the previous year. Having made her debut in 2010, Knight led England in 199 matches over a nine‑year stint that ended after the decisive Ashes outcome in 2025. "I'm highly grateful and privileged to person gone connected the travel that I person been connected as an England cricketer," said Knight. "It's hard to locomotion distant due to the fact that the dressing country and the radical successful the dressing country have been a changeless in my beingness for 16 years, and the memories and the experiences and the radical have helped signifier maine go who I americium today, but I'm truly contented with this determination and I'm truly excited for what's next." "Growing up as a small miss from Devon and playing with the boys, I ne'er thought I'd get to acquisition this. It feels close to permission the crippled with this historical Test at Lord's. It's been an astonishing 16 years, and I consciousness truthful lucky."