- Heather Knight has been reprimanded and issued a suspended fine
- Knight was pictured in blackface in a social media post at a fancy dress party
- The photo was deemed offensive and in breach of ECB regulations
The England women’s captain Heather Knight has admitted a charge over a 2012 social media post, where she was pictured in blackface.
Knight, who was 21 at the time, was attending an end-of-season fancy dress party at a cricket club in Kent when the picture was taken by a third party.
The 33-year-old has been reprimanded by the Cricket Discipline Commission for racist and discriminatory conduct and fined £1,000, which is suspended for two years.
‘I’m truly sorry for the mistake I made in 2012,’ Knight said, in a statement issued via the ECB. ‘It was wrong, and I have long regretted it. Back then, I simply was not as educated as to the implications and consequences of my actions as I have become since. There was no ill-intent meant.’
Knight has been England captain since 2016 and will continue to lead the team at the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates next month.
Heather Knight has admitted a charge over a social media post where she was in blackface
Knight has been captain since 2016 and will continue to lead the team at the T20 World Cup
When Knight attended the party, she had already been an England player for more than two years.
The photograph was reported to the Cricket Regulator in July this year and she was subsequently charged in August.
At the time she was captain of London Spirit in The Hundred, which the side went on to win.
ECB chief executive Richard Gould added: ‘Heather recognises this was a serious error of judgment which took place more than 10 years ago and has rightly apologised.’
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