Cricket-England's Sciver-Brunt aiming to end title drought at T20 World Cup


Cricket - ICC Women's World Cup - England v New Zealand - Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam, India - October 26, 2025 England's Heather Knight in action REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

April 28 (Reuters) - England have ⁠underachieved since winning the 2017 Women's World Cup ⁠and they are determined to put that right when ‌they host the Twenty20 edition on home soil in June, captain Nat Sciver-Brunt said.

The 33-year-old replaced Heather Knight as all-formats captain in April last year ​and the T20 World Cup will ⁠be her second major ⁠International Cricket Council (ICC) event as captain and her first at home.

Sciver-Brunt ⁠led ‌the team at the 50-overs World Cup last year in India and Sri Lanka, where they were ⁠knocked out in the semi-finals by South Africa.

"We ​would have ‌liked to have won a lot more than we have ⁠done and ​we'd obviously like that to change this summer," she told BBC Sport on Monday.

"A win could change what women's cricket looks ⁠like in this country. Just the carrot ​of that is enough to motivate anyone really. It certainly could change what this team is about.

"We didn't really do it ⁠after 2017, but being a consistently good team is something that everyone tries to do. I'm hoping we can be a consistently good team and we'd love to start off ​with a T20 World Cup win."

England ⁠are drawn in Group B alongside defending champions New Zealand, West ​Indies, Sri Lanka, Ireland and Scotland. ‌They open their campaign in the ​12-team tournament against Sri Lanka on June 12.

(Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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