CANBERRA: Heather Knight feels she has walked a mile in T20 cricket after the England skipper rattled off the Women’s T20 World Cup’s fourth century against Thailand.
“It’s really pleasing,” said Knight, who put on a tournament-record partnership of 169 with Nat Sciver for the third wicket.
“It’s been a while since I’ve been anywhere near a hundred in T20 cricket, so it’s nice to finally do the business in T20.
“I’m really pleased with how my batting’s improved in that area, and it’s not often I outscore Nat. I’ll be on her back in the next few days as it’s normally her up the other end outscoring me.
“Trying to score around the ground is something I’ve really tried to develop. I didn’t score around the ground that much today, there was a lot on the leg side and over square leg, but I’ve worked particularly on my power hitting.
“I’ve played that role at six or seven where you go in and have to hit the ball hard from ball one.
“Having the spell at that stage in the order has really helped with my power hitting and scoring quickly at the back end.” (IANS)