New Delhi, July 12 -- LONDON - Heather Knight's final innings at an international cricket ground lasted twenty-five deliveries. She scored six runs, was trapped lbw by India's Sayali Staghare, and walked back through the Lord's pavilion gate not quite knowing, or perhaps knowing exactly, that it was the last time. By Saturday evening, she had confirmed it.

England's most-capped women's cricketer announced her retirement from international cricket at 35, bringing the curtain down on a sixteen-year career that produced 320 international appearances, 199 matches as captain, and 7,988 runs across all three formats of the game. She added to those figures the 2017 ICC Women's World Cup, six international centuries - the first by an English wom...