With every landmark, from a record chase to an ever-increasing viewership, the women’s game continues to prove that it isn’t a supplement to cricket’s story but the soul that’s been rediscovered within it.
Heather Knight is England's only representative. She hit a hundred in the win over India and also guided England's tricky chase with an unbeaten 79 against Bangladesh.
Knight, later named player of the match, was caught on 13 before third umpire Gayathri Venugopalan overturned the on-field decision despite describing the replays as “inconclusive”.
The England Cricket Board (ECB) on Saturday announced Heather Knight will leave her role as captain of the women's team a day after head coach Jon Lewis was dismissed following a 16-0 Ashes humiliation in Australia earlier this year.
Knight, set to lead England at next month's Women's T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, said she was "truly sorry" for conduct that was deemed "racist and discriminatory" by Cricket Discipline Commission adjudicator Tim O'Gorman.
