{"id":189555,"date":"2026-07-03T19:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=189555"},"modified":"2026-07-03T19:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:35:10","slug":"womens-t20-world-cup-2026-nine-years-on-resurgent-heather-knight-looks-to-recreate-lords-heroics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=189555","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 \u2014 Nine years on, resurgent Heather Knight looks to recreate Lord\u2019s heroics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71179379\">Heather Knight led England to victory in the 2017 World Cup, after beating India in the final at Lord\u2019s. She is gearing up for another Lord\u2019s final.<\/p>\n<p>But for her tenacity, grit and class, England may have struggled to earn that ticket to the T20 World Cup final. The top-order had been dismantled with the new ball by the South African quicks, but she stayed calm, lending admirable support to skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt, who came up with another of her big match-winning knocks in the shortest format.<\/p>\n<p>Knight had every reason to smile when she met reporters at the mixed zone after England\u2019s 40-run victory in the second semifinal.<\/p>\n<p>Her place in the team had been questioned by some \u2014 pointing at her strike-rate \u2014 but her coach Charlotte Edwards, from whom she took over the England captaincy back in 2016, has kept faith in her.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/sciver-brunt-england-womens-t20-world-cup-final-south-africa\/article71177257.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">England reaches Women\u2019s T20 World Cup final after Sciver-Brunt masterclass<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more people were writing her off, the more I knew she was going to put in a performance like this,\u201d Edwards had said after Knight\u2019s 42-ball 70 not out helped England win the third T20I against India just ahead of the World Cup at Taunton.<\/p>\n<p>Knight said the partnership against South Africa was one of the best she has had with Sciver-Brunt. \u201cAnd we have had a few, but this is up there,\u201d she said. \u201cI think our cricket complements each other really well. She is obviously quite leg-side dominant, I am a bit more off-side dominant. I like playing in finals at Lord\u2019s, it is always very special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 03, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/womens-t20-world-cup-2026-heather-knight-england-final-lords-fifty-sciver-brunt-edwards-quotes-latest-news\/article71179379.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heather Knight led England to victory in the 2017 World Cup, after beating India in the final at Lord\u2019s. She is gearing up for another Lord\u2019s final. But for her tenacity, grit and class, England may have struggled to earn that ticket to the T20 World Cup final. The top-order had been dismantled with the &#8230; <a title=\"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 \u2014 Nine years on, resurgent Heather Knight looks to recreate Lord\u2019s heroics\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=189555\" aria-label=\"Read more about Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 \u2014 Nine years on, resurgent Heather Knight looks to recreate Lord\u2019s heroics\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":189556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Britain_T2__World_Cup_Womens_Cricket_85462.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":189459,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=189459","url_meta":{"origin":189555,"position":0},"title":"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Australia upbeat about \u2018ultimate professional\u2019 Perry\u2019s fitness for World Cup final","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Australia is increasingly optimistic that \u201cultimate professional\u201d Ellyse Perry will be fit for the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup final against arch-rivals England at Lord\u2019s on Sunday. 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