England head coach Charlotte Edwards says captain Nat Sciver-Brunt is “ready to go” for the home T20 World Cup – but unlikely to bowl.All-rounder Sciver-Brunt has not featured for her country so far this summer, missing ODI and T20I series against New Zealand and also three T20s versus India, with a calf injury she sustained playing for The Blaze in the One-Day Cup in April.
However, the 33-year-old is now set to return for England’s World Cup opener versus Sri Lanka at Edgbaston on June 12 as a specialist batter in the No 3 spot.
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Sciver-Brunt will bat at No 3 during the T20 World Cup
Edwards spoke to Sky Sports after half-centuries from Alice Capsey and Heather Knight powered England to their record T20I run chase on home soil of 181 and a six-wicket, series-sealing victory over India.She said of Sciver-Brunt, who has almost 3,000 T20 international runs in 137 matches, including 18 fifties: “It is obviously really good for us that Nat is coming back into the team and hitting the ball well.
“She is fine and ready to go. She probably won’t bowl but her batting is something that she is best in the world at.
“She wants to bat No 3. She has done very well in global franchises there and that’s where she wants to be. It’s important she bats where she wants.”
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Highlights from the third and final T20 as superb half-centuries from Alice Capsey and Heather Knight powered England to a six-wicket, series-sealing win over India
Dean has ‘grown as a person’ during captaincy stintOff-spinning all-rounder Charlie Dean had led England in Sciver-Brunt’s absence, skippering the team to a T20I series win over New Zealand after the ODI leg was drawn 1-1 and now presiding over a come-from-behind 2-1 triumph over India.Edwards added of the 25-year-old, who was not initially in the ODI squad prior to Sciver-Brunt’s injury: “I have been so impressed. How she has dealt with it all and grown as a person.”Her performances have gone up as well and the confidence she has got now can only benefit us as a group.”We are creating more and more leaders. Dani Gibson has done a great job, Lauren Bell is leading the bowling attack. Young players…
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2026-06-02 22:45:00
