Rochdale-born England cricket captain named for Women's World Twenty20 team

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Rochdale-born England cricket captain, Heather Knight

Rochdale-born England cricket captain Heather Knight has been named as part of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 team on Thursday (4 October).

Knight will captain England, who won the maiden Women's World T20 in 2009 and beat India to win the World Cup in the 50-over format last year.

She will be joined during T20 by: Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Sophie Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Tash Farrant, Kirstie Gordon, Jenny Gunn, Danielle Hazell, Amy Jones, Nat Scriver, Anya Shrubsole, Linsey Smith, Lauren Winfield and Danni Wyatt.

27-year-old Knight began playing cricket in boys’ and men’s teams when she was just eight-years-old after moving to Plymouth.

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.

The World T20 will take place between 9 and 24 November in Guyana, St Lucia and Antigua.

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