Cricket-England captain Sciver-Brunt ready for T20 World Cup, says coach


FILE PHOTO: Cricket - ICC Women's World Cup - Semi Final - England v South Africa - Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, India - October 29, 2025 England's Nat Sciver-Brunt in action REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo

June 3 (Reuters) - Captain ⁠Nat Sciver-Brunt is ready to go for England's ⁠Twenty20 World Cup campaign after recovering from a ‌calf injury, head coach Charlotte Edwards said, adding the all-rounder probably will not bowl in the tournament.

Sciver-Brunt suffered a calf tear ​playing in the domestic Women's One-Day ⁠Cup in April and ⁠was ruled out of England's series against New Zealand ⁠and ‌India.

England face Australia and India in World Cup warm-up games next week before beginning ⁠their campaign against Sri Lanka on June 12 ​in Birmingham.

"It ‌is obviously really good for us that Nat ⁠is coming ​back into the team and hitting the ball well," Edwards told Sky Sports after England beat India by six ⁠wickets on Tuesday to clinch a ​2-1 series win.

"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 number three. 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."

Sciver-Brunt is England's second-highest scorer in ​women's Twenty20 internationals with 2,960 runs ‌and the side's fourth-highest wicket-taker ​with 90 wickets in 137 matches.

(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Kevin Buckland)

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