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Natalie Ruth Sciver-Brunt is an English cricketer who represents England in all formats. She was the first cricketer for England to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match. The "Natmeg" shot is named after Sciver-Brunt, from when she has hit a cricket ball through her legs during a game.
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- ↑ "Records / 2003 - Japan Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Match results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2011.