Cricket Jun 23, 2026

ICC Women's T20 World Cup: Katherine Sciver-Brunt 99 per cent sure England captain will be fit for semis

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ICC Women's T20 World Cup: Katherine Sciver-Brunt 99 per cent sure England captain will be fit for semis

England great Katherine Sciver-Brunt said she is "99 per cent" confident her wife Nat will be back in time for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup semi-final should England make it.

Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt is sidelined by a calf injury as her side compete to win a first Women's T20 World Cup title since 2009, when Katherine helped England to victory on home soil.

Katherine said Nat will have a scan on Wednesday that will determine her return date, with England playing their last two group games against the West Indies on Wednesday and New Zealand on Saturday before a likely semi-final on either June 30 or July 2.

After receiving her OBE for services to cricket and the Yorkshire Community on Tuesday, Katherine told media: "I've got high hopes for the team. I didn't think by now they'd have posted two 200 scores, especially playing one without Nat, but it's been really positive.

"Nat is a bit of an iffy question at the minute, whether or not she'll be fit, but they seem to be getting the job done without her.

"She's doing better; she's getting re-scanned tomorrow to see how it's progressed. She's had her leg in magnetic fields for two hours a day, and she's had hyperbaric chambers, all sorts, and wears a calf sleeve all day, every day. She's doing all she can.

"She'll play injured, it just depends on how injured. The 27th (against New Zealand) depends on tomorrow, but 99 per cent of me says she'll play the semi-final if they make it."

Katherine Sciver-Brunt, 40, retired from cricket in 2023, having helped England win two Women's World Cups as well as the ICC Women's T20 World Cup success in 2009.

She gave birth to her and Nat's son, Theodore, in March 2025.

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