1 week ago Charlotte Edwards says determination was ne'er immoderate uncertainty astir Heather Knight's spot successful England's World Cup broadside arsenic the erstwhile skipper returned to signifier successful a series-clinching triumph successful the 3rd T20 against India.
Knight, 35, made a magnificent unbeaten 70 arsenic England emphatically chased 181 to triumph the bid 2-1, aft she had endured a thin commencement to the summer.
In the 5 preceding T20s against New Zealand and India, Knight's strike-rate had been the main origin for concern arsenic she made scores of 19 (17), 25 (23), 18 (22), 21 (24) and 18 (14).
But nether unit successful the bid decider, Knight, who became England women's most-capped cricketer past month, was astatine her fluent champion with 10 fours successful a 42-ball knock.
"It's been rather absorbing listening to immoderate of the property this week," caput manager Edwards told BBC Sport.
"I deliberation the much that radical person been penning her off, the much I conscionable knew she was going to enactment successful a show similar this.
"I spoke to her aft her grounds crippled [at Chelmsford] astir her quality and however that is 1 of her biggest attributes, and we saw that successful abundance tonight.
"It was truly beauteous for her to person that show going into the World Cup, but determination were nary doubts successful our dressing country astir Heather."
Knight added 137 for the 4th wicket successful a flawless basal with Alice Capsey, who made 81 disconnected 43. The brace toyed with India's wilting bowlers throughout, with Knight reverse-sweeping and scoring cannily down quadrate portion Capsey struck beautifully consecutive down the ground.
It is casual to hide Capsey is inactive lone 21 years old, having burst connected to the English cricket country arsenic a teenager, and it was a sound that has surely cemented her spot successful Edwards' starting XI for the World Cup opener against Sri Lanka connected 12 June.
Edwards said it was the champion she had seen Capsey play, and praised her enactment ethic implicit the winter.
"To play the mode she did from that presumption [38-3], I couldn't beryllium prouder," Edwards added.
"We spoke to her astatine the commencement of the wintertime astir the areas we wanted her to enactment connected and she has worked so, truthful hard. Now she's bearing the fruits of that and there's thing much satisfying than to triumph a crippled of cricket for England successful that manner."
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