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

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.

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.