Heather Knight

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Heather Knight is an English cricketer. Being Right-Handed Batter & Right-arm off-Break Bowler, in the England Women-cricket team. She also bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in WPL auction 2023

Born	26 December 1990, Rochdale, England
Profession	Cricketer
Height	5 feet 7 inches (170 cm)
Father	Mike Knight
Mother	Becky Knight
Husband	Unmarried
Siblings	Steve Knight

Bio

Heather Knight was born on 26 December, 1990, Rochdale, England. Heather age is around 32 years as of 2023.

Family

Heather was born to Mike and Becky in Rochdale, England. She also has a brother named Steve.

Education

Knight has completed her schooling for Plymstock School, Devon and after she went to study Biomedical Sciences at Cardiff University

Career

Heather started her cricketing by playing for her School Cricket Club at the age of 8.

Knight got a chance into international cricket in 2010 at the age of 20 where she came as a replacement. In 2011, She also made her debut in Test in Ashes against Australia.

On June 2016, Knight was announced as the Captain of England Women’s Cricket Team.

In 2017, Heather led the England Women’s Cricket team in Women’s Cricket World Cup as Captain. She was able to win her first World Cup Tournament Final against India at Lords. In 2018, Heather was named as captain of England T20 Team also.

In 2019, Knight became the tenth women for England to play in 100 WODI matches against Pakistan.

Country	England
Test Debut	22 January 2011 v Australia
ODI Debut	1 March 2010 v India
T20I Debut	22 November 2010 v Sri Lanka
Jersey No.	5

Awards

Wisden Cricketers of the year in 2018

Records

Knight is first female cricketer to score a fifty and took 5 wickets in an ODI innings.
Heather Knight and Natalie Sciver has a record of highest 3^rd wicket partnership in the history of women’s cricket world cup of 213 runs.
First female cricketer to score century in all three formats of Women’s International Cricket.

WPL

In the inaugural season of WPL in 2023, Heather Knight bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the price of 40 Lakhs.

Heather Knight Stats

Format	Test	ODI	T20I	IPL
Matches	10	129	96	–
Runs Scored	705	3589	1548	–
Batting Average	47	36.25	23.81	–
100s	2	2	1	–
50s	3	24	4	–
Highest Score	168*	106	108*	–
Wickets	7	56	21	–
Balls bowled	383	1923	543	–
Bowling Average	21.85	24.91	25.04	–
4-Wicket haul	–	1	–	–
5-Wicket haul	–	–	–	–
10-Wicket haul	–	–	–	–
Best Bowling	2/7	5/26	3/9	–
Catch/Stumpings	10/-	42/-	28/-	–

Heather Knight Net Worth

According to various online resources the net worth of Heather Knight is estimated around $5 million dollars which is 40 crores in Indian Currency.

Cricket

Heather plays for England women’s national cricket team and also the part of England’s Cricket Central Contract. She gets match fees of around 10 to 15 Lakhs per month which is her major source of income.

She also got an WPL contract of 40 Lakhs from RCB in WPL 2023.

Social Media and Advertisements

Heather Knight has also a best amount of social media following by which she makes decent amount of money. She had also done many TV commercials for Brands till now.

Net Worth	$5 M +
Net Worth In Indian Rupees	40 Crore INR +
Monthly Income And Salary	12 lakh – 15 lakh
Yearly Income	1 Crore +
Income Source	Cricket, Advertisement

Social Media of Heather Knight

Heather Knight has also a huge amount of Fan following over her social media platforms. She has total 150K followers combining her Instagram and Twitter.

Heather Knight posts entertaining content on her Instagram with members of Team England at a period of time. Her reels also got viral many times till now.