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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Heather Knight faces race against time to be fit for Commonwealth Games

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England captain Heather Knight has had an injection in her hip joint amid some irritation just five days out from the start of her side’s Commonwealth Games campaign.

Knight’s hip injury precluded her involvement against South Africa at the weekend and she will be absent again on Tuesday as a precaution for the final Twenty20 international, which concludes the multi-format series.

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