Heather Knight wants to repeat Lord's endeavour in the upcoming World T20

England captain Heather Knight is all set to lead her side in the upcoming World T20; which is scheduled to be played from November 9 in the West Indies. Before the tournament begins, Knight has written her thoughts for ICC (International Cricket Council).



Knight led her side in their thrilling 9-run win over India in the ICC Women's World Cup last year in front of a full-gallery at Lord's. The confident captain wants to repeat the same in this mega event as well. "It would be nice if we could repeat what happened at Lord’s last summer as well!" She added, "I know the West Indies will be keen to put on a great show and hopefully, we can play some entertaining cricket that the fans enjoy."



As the Women's Cricket has progressed over a couple of years, she also feels that progress with every passing tournament. "Every time we take part in a global tournament, we get the sense that the world of women’s cricket has moved on again."



Now, a lot of matches have been televised or live streamed across the world and young boys or girls can think of taking cricket as their profession as well. "Young girls – and boys – can watch in the ground or on TV and imagine that they too can have a career in the game, that they too can play in front of sold-out crowds, that they too can live out their dreams on the biggest scale."



Women's Cricket has gained a lot of viewership as well. "The ICC Women’s World Cup – that we were lucky enough to host last summer – was an amazing advert for the women’s game and further proof that more and more people are flocking to our sport."



"Of course, the final at Lord’s was sold out, which is not a sight I ever thought I’d see, and that has now led to aims of selling out the MCG in 2020. To even have the ambition of selling those many seats is exciting." She wrote.



Earlier the players used to look up to the men cricketers only but now the young players can look up to the women cricketers as well. There are many players in every team who are the role models of many young kids. Talking about that she wrote, "One of the most exciting things about that tournament for me was watching young kids’ reactions to us. When I was first playing the game, I generally looked up to men’s players and I know that was also the case for a lot of my teammates, and opponents. They were often the only cricketers you could see."



"Now though a young girl watching the ICC Women’s World T20 for the first time can look up to Katherine Brunt, Meg Lanning, Smriti Mandhana, Stafanie Taylor or whoever. There are now any number of role-models and that’s truly exciting." She further added.



"That’s progress and that’s truly exciting."



England has named three new players in their squad-Sophia Dunkley, Linsey Smith and Kirstie Gordon. Though Kirstie has played International Cricket for Scotland before, and everyone has performed well in the domestic competitions. Heather is all excited and "can’t wait to see how they adapt to the highest level if they get their chance."



She has played 48 T20Is till date, has 14 wickets in her name as well as scored more than 500 runs. Prior to the leading her side in the first stand-alone tournament of the year, Knight wrote, "We’ve got to that stage now where we just can’t wait to get out there and get going. The build-up is always so exciting, but it does make you extra desperate to get out there and feel bat on ball. We’ll be ready to go once November comes around and hopefully we can play our part in another tournament of progress for women’s cricket."



Talking about the team, she expressed, "We are constantly progressing, and it makes me incredibly excited to think of where we’ll be in two years, four years and so on."



"Focusing on the here and now, we’re heading to the West Indies for the first standalone ICC Women’s World T20. We’ve been lucky enough to dovetail with the men’s game for some time – and there are pros and cons to both models – but I also like the idea that we’re standing on our two feet and putting the women’s game front and centre."