The 23-year-old English vice-captain, a batter who can also bowl some handy mediums, has come to the state this summer with four Tests, 44 ODIs and 20 T20Is under her belt.

She has one Test century (157) to her name and has passed 50 on six occasions in the 50-over game, averaging 24.75 in Tests, 29.41 in ODIs and 12.92 in T20Is.

The opener has already proved her worth in her three matches with scores of 41, 75 and 68, with that last knock off 55 balls seeing the Roar home against WA in their T20 win last month.

‘‘This has given me a real opportunity to work on my game, as we [England] don’t have an international match until February,’’ Plymouth-born Knight said.

‘‘Being able to play here with different people in different conditions is a great challenge, and hopefully that hard work will translate to when I get back home and put an England shirt on again.

‘‘I’ve been here five or six weeks and I’m really enjoying being at the Roar, being a professional cricketer and being able to play as a professional cricketer.

‘‘I played county cricket with [Roar squad member] Corinne Hall and through that I knew that there was an opportunity with the Roar, and Tassie is somewhere I have been before with England and enjoyed it there.

‘‘I’ve been really impressed with the Roar girls and their general attitude. They are very talented cricketers, but they haven’t been able to show that on the pitch in the past few years.

‘‘Hopefully I have brought a bit of experience to this group and being around them has been been good for them.’’

Tasmanian Roar skipper Veronica Pyke this week said Knight’s addition to the squad had been very beneficial.

‘‘She’s been a fantastic influence around the group, whether it has been on the field or off it,’’ Pyke said.

‘‘The girls are looking up to her and are following Heather’s positive, professional lead when it comes to her approach to training and the way she plays the game.

‘‘You could say she does inspire the girls and her being around has helped increase their confidence as players.’’

Knight described herself as an ‘‘accumulator’’ who has worked on her aggressiveness in recent times for the 20-over game, saying it’s ‘‘how many runs you score, not how you score them’’.

She will take this philosophy into this weekend’s clashes with Queensland Fire, the reigning T20 champion, at Aurora Stadium.

‘‘They have some key players, like Jessica Jonassen and Holly Ferling, and while we’re the underdogs on paper, anything can happen on the cricket field and we’re fired up and ready to go.’’