ICC Women's World Cup Final: We can beat Australia-England captain Heather Knight looking to create history
India Today
England Captain Heather Knight is hoping the experience gained from winning the Women's World Cup in 2017 can help her team defeat favourites Australia.
Defending Champion England captain Heather Knight is relishing her team's chance at writing a remarkable story and creating history as they prepare to face Australia in the ICC Women's World Cup final in 2022.
England - champions after defeating India in the final five years ago - face an Australian side that has dominated them in recent meetings and is looking to claim the country's seventh 50 overs crown.
"I think the positive memories that a lot of this group have of winning the 50-over World Cup finals will be really useful for us, knowing that we can deal with that pressure when games are close and things are at stake," said Knight.
"We've got players in there that can bring their best cricket and rise to the occasion."
England have reached the final despite having a slow start to the tournament.
A one-wicket win over hosts New Zealand kick-started their campaign mid-way through the group phase. Subsequent wins over Bangladesh and Pakistan took them to the semi-finals, where they thrashed South Africa by 137 runs.
Australia won the recent Ashes series before defeating their great rivals in the group phase by 12 runs, but Knight is confident her team has improved since that loss.
