Cricket: Heather Knight on Women’s Premier League – ‘Nothing like I’ve ever experienced’

England captain Heather Knight said she is prioritising her international cricket career by working on staying fresh and is still excited to play for England amid the growing number of global women’s franchise leagues.

Speaking in the latest episode of the 100% Cricket Podcast, the 32-year-old shared her experience of the inaugural Women’s Premier League in India and the lessons she walked away with, some of which led her to conversations with the England team coaching staff around how to maintain a steady flow of players in light of the rising number of new opportunities that are emerging.

“The game is changing so fast,” she said. “Even for older players like myself that have been around for a long time, adjusting to that is quite tricky. With the amount of cricket there is, trying to manage workloads and trying to have a bit of time off as well, then trying to manage your body and trying to stay fresh is quite hard because you want to play in everything as well.

“I think that just like in the men’s game, players will start to pick and choose when they play to try and remain fresh and try and manage their calendar, it’s going to come to that....

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