KNIGHT AIMS TO LEAVE AUSSIES IN A DAZE

HEATHER KNIGHT is confident England will lift the Women’s World Twenty20 trophy when they take on Australia in Antigua tonight.

She believes the experience of beating India in last summer’s World Cup final will prove invaluable.

“It gives you confidence you can handle that sort of occasion and the pressure that goes with global finals,” said the England skipper (right).

“Hopefully there will be another good crowd as there was for the semi-finals.

“It’s a completely different format, different team but the chance to be double world champions is very special. The team did it in 2009, so it’s a chance for us to write our names in the history books.”

England reached two further finals, losing to Australia in 2012 and 2014.

They go into the final buoyed by an eight-wicket semi-final thumping of India, who had won all of their group matches. India were bowled out for 112 and Amy Jones and Natalie Sciver scored half-centuries as England cruised home .

“It was a really clinical performance the way we chased down that score. The final will be a really stern test. It’s about holding our nerve.”