Heather Knight says chat about her future as England captain “is not for now” with two matches remaining within the Ladies’s Ashes.
England have misplaced the sequence after slipping 10-0 down on factors, swept 3-0 by Australia within the one-day worldwide leg of the tour earlier than being crushed within the first two T20 internationals
Knight struck 43 not out from 19 balls in Canberra on Thursday, just for England’s pursuit of 186 for victory to be wrecked by match-ending rain one ball into the ultimate over as Australia triumphed by six runs on Duckworth-Lewis-Stern.
England haven’t gained the Ladies’s Ashes since 2014 with 4 Australia victories and two sequence attracts since then.
Their goal within the ongoing contest is to keep away from a whitewash, with one additional T20 worldwide in Adelaide on Saturday and the day-night Check match in Melbourne from January 30 to come back.
Knight, who has been captain since 2016, mentioned: “I suppose in any management place you at all times really feel the accountability when the groups aren’t performing properly.
“We’ve not carried out in addition to we wish to, throughout the board. It is definitely irritating, however [my future] just isn’t actually a query for now.
“I’m focused on what we need to do to try and win the next game and try and turn things around. Whatever happens at the end of the tour, that’ll be a conversation for later.”
Knight: Umpires proper to cease sport for rain
Knight lower an offended determine when the umpires took the gamers from the sector at Manuka Oval, seconds after she had struck Annabel Sutherland for 4 by means of backward level to trim England’s requirement to 18 from the ultimate 5 balls.
However she conceded afterwards that the officers had made the right name.
“It was the right decision by the umpires, 100 per cent,” added Knight, who had earlier seen Danni Wyatt-Hodge high rating with 52 from 40 deliveries.
“I was really in the zone to try and win us that game, and obviously frustrated that we were going off, but it wasn’t at the umpires at all. It was pretty wet. Even when we were running it felt pretty slippy.
“I felt like I may get us over the road. I felt actually set and had some actually good boundary choices on an excellent cricket wicket.
“It was an awesome crowd and they deserved a finish. You could hear the frustration from the fans that that we were going off.”
‘All of us care about taking part in for England’
England have centered on taking part in entertaining, attacking cricket since Jon Lewis grew to become head coach in 2022 however they haven’t gained an Ashes sequence or T20 World Cup in that point.
Knight: ‘We all know that it isn’t so simple as simply saying we wish to entertain. We additionally wish to win on the finish of the day’
Knight added: “It’s still a mantra that is really important to this team. We’re always at our best when we’re trying to take the game on and enjoy it. But obviously there’s more to cricket than that.
“We all know that it isn’t so simple as simply saying we wish to entertain. We additionally wish to win on the finish of the day.
“We haven’t done that this trip, and there’s a lot of players frustrated and hurting that we haven’t done that.
“All of us actually care about taking part in for England, and representing a workforce that is actually particular.”
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