It is hard to think of a more consistent leadership presence in British sport than Heather Knight, who begins her ninth summer as England captain with eyes on the T20 World Cup and the Ashes.
England's opening match against Pakistan on Saturday is live on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app from 14:15 BSTThis century, there have been as many permanent England captains - three - as there have been Popes.
Knight’s captaincy predecessors, Clare Connor and Charlotte Edwards, experienced periods of change. Both would have known a time when women played international cricket in skirts. The 75,000 pre-sold tickets is a higher figure at this point than in last year’s Ashes summer, an impressive achievement considering this year's tourists Pakistan and New Zealand do not have the pedigree of the Australians, and there is no Test match.
That rounded time before life as a cricketer involved working in a care home as a teenager. In order to earn some extra cash whilst studying for her A-Levels, Knight would do four-hour shifts in the kitchen of Copper Beeches in Plymouth and be paid £20. "It was when we got back after that whole tour finished. I wasn’t super close to giving up, but it was the first time I'd really thought about it.
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