Heather Knight to miss CWG 2022 opener due to hip trouble

Heather Knight will miss England’s opening match of the Commonwealth Video games, towards Sri Lanka on Saturday, with a hip harm.

Knight, the England captain, suffered the harm through the first T20I towards South Africa on July 21 and subsequently missed the remaining two matches of that sequence, which her aspect gained in her absence.

Knight is hopeful of being match for England’s second recreation, towards South Africa on Tuesday.

Which means Nat Sciver, Knight’s deputy, will captain England on their maiden look on the Commonwealth Video games.

England swept the T20I leg 3-0 of their multi-format sequence towards South Africa, which the hosts gained by 14 factors to 2, having additionally gained all three ODIs and drawn the Check match.

They managed comfortably in Knight’s absence, profitable the second T20I by six wickets with six balls remaining, Sciver, the stand-in captain on each events, top-scoring for England with 47 alongside Danni Wyatt’s 24-ball 39 as England overhauled a goal of 149.

Within the remaining match, they promoted 17-year-old Alice Capsey, enjoying simply her second worldwide match and batting for the primary time, to No. 3 when opener Sophia Dunkley fell for a first-ball duck. Capsey impressed with 25 off 17 balls, which included 4 consecutive fours, and spinner Sophie Ecclestone helped seal a 38-run victory along with her unbeaten 33 off simply 12 earlier than taking 2 for twenty-four.

Talking earlier than being dominated out of the Video games opener, Knight stated she believed her aspect would take a “large quantity of confidence” from their performances within the South Africa sequence.

“The principle factor is we take that very same mindset into an enormous world occasion, we take what we have performed so effectively and carry out it underneath strain,” Knight stated. ” that in case you do not begin effectively in these types of occasions you could be underneath the pump so it is so vital that what we have performed, we construct on and we proceed to have that mindset.

“There’s nonetheless methods I believe we are able to enhance and I would like to see us piece all of it collectively in an enormous world occasion.”

Capsey is one in all two 17-year-olds within the England squad, together with left-arm seamer Freya Kemp, who took two wickets on debut of their final ODI bowling alongside one other newcomer to the bowling ranks, 20-year-old fast Issy Wong.

“It is actually thrilling,” Knight stated. “The younger women have actually added one thing to the squad. They’ve added that vitality, that rawness, that fearlessness and for us older women it is preserving us younger and preserving us excited.

“I am loving being a part of the early stage of their careers and attempting to assist as a lot as I can and simply allow them to unfastened and provides them the arrogance to do what they do and exhibit. I believe we have that good mixture of excited youth and hopefully a couple of clever previous heads as effectively.”

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