Cricket-England's Sciver-Brunt does not want T20 World Cup to be her last


Cricket - ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 - Final - England v Australia - Lord's Cricket Ground, London, Britain - July 5, 2026 England's Nat Sciver-Brunt in action Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra

July 6 (Reuters) - England ⁠captain Nat Sciver-Brunt said she does ⁠not want Sunday's defeat by Australia ‌in the women's Twenty20 World Cup final to be her last appearance at one of cricket's showpiece events.

England ​lost by seven wickets at ⁠a sold-out Lord’s ⁠as Australia chased down a victory target of ⁠151 ‌with 17 balls to spare.

Sciver-Brunt, 33, overcame a calf injury during ⁠the tournament to help England beat South ​Africa ‌in the semi-finals with an innings of ⁠75, but ​was unable to make a decisive impact in the final despite scoring another half-century.

Asked in ⁠the post-match press conference whether ​the tournament could be her last World Cup, she replied, "No, I haven't thought about that. ⁠I don't want it to be my last World Cup. I don't even know when the next one is.

"I'm living day ​by day at the ⁠moment."

The next women's T20 World Cup will be ​held in 2028, with ‌the next one-day international edition ​coming in 2029.

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

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