Summer of 2022 is England's joint hottest on record

The country smashed its all-time temperature record in July, when the mercury topped 40 degrees Celsius for the first time ever.

Across the entire UK — which also includes Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — it was provisionally the fourth warmest summer. (AP)

England has experienced its joint hottest summer on record this year, tied with 2018, the country's meteorological agency has said, based on its provisional mean temperature statistics. "This means that four of the five warmest summers on record for England have occurred since 2003, as the effects of human-induced climate change are felt on England's summer temperatures," the Met Office, whose records date back to 1884, said on Thursday. Like much of northwest Europe, large swathes of England have been in drought for weeks after exceptionally high temperatures and several heatwaves alongside minimal rainfall. The country smashed its all-time temperature record in July, when the mercury topped 40 degrees Celsius for the first time ever.  Meanwhile, the Met Office said last month that the period from January to June this year saw the least rainfall in England and Wales since 1976. In its latest release detailing the three-month summer period from June, it said England's mean temperature of 17.1 degrees Celsius was the joint warmest ever recorded, equalling the summer of four years ago. The warmest and driest areas relative to average were in the east, with East Anglia and parts of northeast England seeing their hottest summer on record. READ MORE: UK forecasts record temperatures, sounds first extreme heat alert [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT_og-OCdXw[/embed] Across the entire UK — which also includes Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — it was provisionally the fourth warmest summer. The top UK summers were all very close in temperature, with the two hottest ever averaging 15.8 degrees and the two second hottest 15.7 degrees. "For many this summer's record-breaking heat in July... will be the season's most memorable aspect," Mark McCarthy of the National Climate Information Centre, said in a statement. "However, for England to achieve its joint warmest summer takes more than extreme heat over a couple of days, so we shouldn't forget that we experienced some persistently warm and hot spells through June and August too." READ MORE: 'We do expect it to worsen': Fresh heatwave grips Western Europe Source: AFP

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Commonwealth Games 2022 - Heather Knight to miss England's CWG 2022 opener due to hip trouble

Heather Knight will miss England's opening match of the Commonwealth Games, against Sri Lanka on Saturday, with a hip injury.

Knight, the England captain, suffered the injury during the first T20I against South Africa on July 21 and subsequently missed the remaining two matches of that series, which her side won in her absence.

Knight is hopeful of being fit for England's second game, against South Africa on Tuesday.

That means Nat Sciver, Knight's deputy, will captain England on their maiden appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

England swept the T20I leg 3-0 in their multi-format series against South Africa, which the hosts won by 14 points to two, having also won all three ODIs and drawn the Test match.

They managed comfortably in Knight's absence, winning the second T20I by six wickets with six balls remaining, Sciver, the stand-in captain on both occasions, top-scoring for England with 47 alongside Danni Wyatt's 24-ball 39 as England overhauled a target of 149.

In the final match, they promoted 17-year-old Alice Capsey, playing just her second international match and batting for the first time, to No. 3 when opener Sophia Dunkley fell for a first-ball duck. Capsey impressed with 25 off 17 balls, which included four consecutive fours, and spinner Sophie Ecclestone helped seal a 38-run victory with her unbeaten 33 off just 12 before taking 2 for 24.

Speaking before being ruled out of the Games opener, Knight said she believed her side would take a "massive amount of confidence" from their performances in the South Africa series.

"The main thing is we take that same mindset into a big world event, we take what we've done so well and perform it under pressure," Knight said. "You know that if you don't start well in those sorts of events you can be under the pump so it's so important that what we've done, we build on and we continue to have that mindset.

"There's still ways I think we can improve and I'd love to see us piece it all together in a big world event."

Capsey is one of two 17-year-olds in the England squad, along with left-arm seamer Freya Kemp, who took two wickets on debut in their last ODI bowling alongside another newcomer to the bowling ranks, 20-year-old quick Issy Wong.

"It's really exciting," Knight said. "The young girls have really added something to the squad. They've added that energy, that rawness, that fearlessness and for us older girls it's keeping us young and keeping us excited.

"I'm loving being part of the early stage of their careers and trying to help as much as I can and just let them loose and give them the confidence to do what they do and show off. I think we've got that nice combination of excited youth and hopefully a few wise old heads as well."

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