: CWG 2022: Heather Knight to miss Englands opening match against Sri Lanka due to hip injury #IndiaNEWS #Sports,Cricket Birmingham, July 29 (IANS) England captain Heather Knight will miss the sides

CWG 2022: Heather Knight to miss Englands opening match against Sri Lanka due to hip injury #IndiaNEWS #Sports ,Cricket
Birmingham, July 29 (IANS) England captain Heather Knight will miss the sides opening Group B match against Sri Lanka in the womens T20 event of 2022 Commonwealth Games due to hip injury.
Heather picked the injury during Englands first T20I win over South Africa on July 21. As a result, she missed the next two matches which were won by England to take the series 3-0. It means that her deputy, all-rounder Nat Sciver, will captain England against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston on Saturday.
The hip has taken a little bit longer to settle than first envisaged. Tuesday is now my goal, trying to be ready for then. Ill try and support the girls the best I can for tomorrow. Nat is going to be great. She has obviously captained the last two games; the team will be in very good hands, said Heather ahead of the match.
Heather is hopeful that she will be fit for Englands second Group B match against South Africa on Tuesday and wont be ruled out of the quadrennial event. I hope not. Were going to have to wait and see. Its one of those where its a little bit of a patience game. Im just trying to let the injections do their work and see where I am. Im obviously disappointed for tomorrow, but Im really hopeful Im going to be back.
With England winning three T20Is and prior to this, an ODI series against South Africa, Heather is confident that the side would take tons of confidence from their wins against the Proteas at home in the Commonwealth Games.
The main thing is we take that same mindset into a big world event, we take what weve done so well and perform it under pressure. If you dont start well in those sorts of events you can be under the pump so its so important that what weve done, we build on and we continue to have that mindset. Theres still ways I think we can improve and Id love to see us piece it all together in a big world event.
Englands squad for the Commonwealth Games features two 17-year-olds in all-rounder Alice Capsey and left-arm pacer Freya Kemp apart from 20-year-old quick pacer Issy Wong. Heather signed off by saying that the young troika, who impressed in various matches during the series against South Africa, have brought an element of freshness and energy into the team.
Its really exciting. The young girls have really added something to the squad. Theyve added that energy, that rawness, that fearlessness and for us older girls its keeping us young and keeping us excited.
Im loving being part of the early stage of their careers and trying to help as much as I can and just let them loose and give them the confidence to do what they do and show off. I think weve got that nice combination of excited youth and hopefully a few wise old heads as well.

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