Watch: 'Frustrated' Heather Knight stuns cricket world with her unacceptable behaviour towards umpires

England captain Heather Knight is facing the flak for her behaviour towards the umpires following the second T20I against Australia in Canberra.

England's winless run in the Women's Ashes continued as Australia won the rain-affected second T20I by six wickets in a dramatic fashion to complete an outright series victory. The win in the second T20I saw Australia extending their lead to 12-0 in the multi-format series.

Set a challenging total of 186 runs in the must-win clash, England needed 18 runs from the last five balls. Heather Knight was leading the charge with the bat for her side. She was unbeaten on 43 off just 19 balls when rain played spoilsport. The umpires took the players off the field and no further play was possible due to heavy rain.

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England's innings was interrupted by rain earlier in the innings as well. They were on 69/1 in 8.4 overs, two runs ahead of the DLS when rain arrived. However, the play resumed sas oon as the rain stopped.

Heather Knight was not at all happy when the umpires called off the game and did not shy away from venting her frustration. She decided not to shake hands with the match officials after the game was called off. The incident took place when both the on-field umpires informed her and Australia captain Tahlia McGrath that the match was called off with five balls remaining.

As soon as the umpires informed the captains, Heather Knight was seen shaking hands with her Australian counterpart before deciding to walk away. One of the umpires extended her hand towards the England star but she ignored her and walked away.

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Heather Knight admits umpires were right:

Once Heather Knight cooled down and got her emotions under control, she admitted that the umpires were right in calling off the game. She admitted that she was frustrated to walk off the field after being in good touch before reiterating that the decision to stop the play was right.

"It was the right decision by the umpires," she said. "I was really in the zone to try and win us that game, and obviously frustrated that we were going off, but it wasn't at the umpires at all. It was pretty wet, even when we were running it felt pretty slippy and it was quite hard to attack those twos. So yeah, it was the right decision, 100 per cent.

"It was brilliant game of cricket. I felt like I could get us over the line. I felt really set, and I had some really good boundary options on a very good cricket wicket. It was an awesome crowd, and they deserved a finish, and you could hear the frustration from the fans that we were going off, and the game wasn't able to reach its conclusion," she added.

With the Ashes already lost, England now have only pride to play for. They will be looking to win the third and final T20I to end the series on a high. The T20I series will be followed by the one-off Test between the two sides.