Knight Confesses to Past Blackface Post in Social Media Scandal.

Cricket General

Knight Confesses to Past Blackface Post in Social Media Scandal.

Heather Knight, captain of the England women's cricket team, has acknowledged a past social media post from 2012, where she appeared in blackface.

In 2012, at age 21, Heather Knight attended a cricket club's fancy dress party in Kent, where she appeared in blackface in a photo posted by someone else on Facebook. 

The Cricket Discipline Commission has reprimanded her and issued a £1,000 fine, suspended for two years.

"I'm truly sorry for my mistake in 2012," Knight, now 33, said in a statement through the ECB. "It was wrong, and I've regretted it ever since. At the time, I didn’t fully understand the impact of my actions. There was no harmful intent."