Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSciver-Brunt suffered an injury setback on Tuesday (Reuters)England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt has been ruled out of her side’s next two T20 World Cup matches due to a calf strain sustained during the victory over Ireland on Tuesday. Sciver-Brunt, who retired hurt on 48 against Ireland, will miss the upcoming group games against Scotland and the West Indies. She will remain with the squad, with the hope of returning for England's final group match against New Zealand, and potentially the semi-finals and final should the team qualify. Charlie Dean, who previously captained the team in Sciver-Brunt's absence, will lead England for the upcoming fixtures. Sciver-Brunt's injury creates a significant gap in England's batting order, particularly at number three, with Sophia Dunkley expected to be brought into the starting XI. In fullEngland dealt huge T20 World Cup injury blow as captain Nat Sciver-Brunt ruled out of next two gamesThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt to miss T20 World Cup matches after injury setback
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleSciver-Brunt suffered an injury setback on Tuesday (Reuters)England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt has been ruled out of her side’s next two T20 World Cup matches due to a calf strain sustained during the victory over Ireland on Tuesday. Sciver-Brunt, who retired hurt on 48 against Ireland, will miss the upcoming group games against Scotland and the West Indies. She will remain with the squad, with the hope of returning for England's final group match against New Zealand, and potentially the semi-finals and final should the team qualify. Charlie Dean, who previously captained the team in Sciver-Brunt's absence, will lead England for the upcoming fixtures. Sciver-Brunt's injury creates a significant gap in England's batting order, particularly at number three, with Sophia Dunkley expected to be brought into the starting XI. In fullEngland dealt huge T20 World Cup injury blow as captain Nat Sciver-Brunt ruled out of next two gamesThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
