England captain Heather Knight has been handed a suspended £1,000 fine after a photo of her in “blackface” emerged on social media.

She also has a suspended fine for the photo which was taken at a sports-themed fancy dress party in 2012. Read more at straitstimes.com.

England’s women’s cricket captain Heather Knight has admitted to dressing up in blackface at a party in Kent. The incident in 2012 occurred when the sportswoman was 21 at a ‘sports stars’-themed event at a cricket club in the county. A photo of Ms Knight in the outfit was posted on Facebook by a third party.

England Women's captain Heather Knight has been reprimanded and handed a £1000 suspended fine by the Cricket Regulator for a photo of her in blackface from 2012, deemed as racist and discriminatory conduct.

England women captain Heather Knight admits a charge over a historical social media post when she was pictured in blackface.

England women’s captain Heather Knight has been charged over a social media post from more than a decade ago when she was photographed in blackface. Knight was 21 at the time and at a cricket club in Kent when she attended the fancy dress end of season party.

England captain Heather Knight has been reprimanded and given a suspended GBP 1,000 fine after a historical photograph of her in ‘blackface’ emerged on social media. Knight, set to lead England at next month’s T20 World Cup,