Women’s cricket in 2016: England’s big call and the emergence of KSL | Vithushan Ehantharajah
Captain Charlotte Edwards left and Tammy Beaumont seized her chance, with the emergence of new faces leading nicely into the Kia Super LeagueYou may have seen them on your commute to work: vibrant posters of five stars of international women’s cricket. Flanked by Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Dan van Niekerk (South Africa), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies) and Ellyse Perry (Australia) stands the England captain, Heather Knight, in the foreground. “It was actually a bit of a shock when I saw a larger-than-life version of myself,” Knight admits. While scattered sparsely around London’s 270 tube stations, there happens to be one at Knight’s local stop, providing a constant test of the limits of her ingrained humility. Eventually, when out in London with...