On 7 March 2021,Sciver-Brunt captained the England team for the first time in international cricket,for the third WT20I match against New Zealand,after Heather Knight was ruled out of the fixture due to an injury.[7]
On 6 September 2022,Sciver-Brunt was named as England's captain for their home WT20I series against India in the absence of Heather Knight.[8] Two days later,however,Sciver-Brunt announced that she had decided to withdraw from the series "to focus on her mental health and well being".[9]
Sciver-Brunt also attended Epsom College,Surrey,England,where,between 2007 and 2011,she played cricket alongside her future England teammate and fellow Test centurion Alice Davidson-Richards.[16] She then studied sports and exercise science at Loughborough University.[17]
Career
She began playing cricket as a teenager,and played for Surrey club side Stoke d'Abernon. She also played cricket at school,playing in the Epsom College school 1st XI for two seasons. After a period in Surrey's Academy she played for the Surrey county team and progressed to the England Women's Academy. After some successful games in the academy team,she was selected for the 2013 limited-overs series against Pakistan where she made her debut for the full England side. In a WT20I game against New Zealand,she became the first England cricketer to take an international T20 hat-trick.[18]
She is the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players,which were announced in April 2014.[19]
In April 2015,she was named as one of the England women's Academy squad tour to Dubai,where England women played their Australian counterparts in two 50-over games and two Twenty20 matches.[20]
She,along with Heather Knight,set the highest 3rd wicket stand in the history of the Women's Cricket World Cup (213) during the 2017 edition.[21] In the same World Cup,Sciver-Brunt along with Tammy Beaumont set the highest record partnership for the 4th wicket (170) in Women's World Cup history.[21] Sciver-Brunt was a member of the winning team at the 2017 World Cup held in England.[22][23][24] In 2018 she was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for her part in the World Cup victory the previous summer.[25]
In July 2022,she was named as the vice-captain of England's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham,England.[43] At the end of the 2022 season,Sciver-Brunt was named the PCA Women's Player of the Year,for her two centuries during the 2022 World Cup,her maiden Test century against South Africa,and her performances during The Hundred.[44]
She was named in the England squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup[45] for their multi-format tour to South Africa in November 2024.[46][47] Against South Africa,on 15 December 2024,Sciver-Brunt scored the fastest century in a women's Test match in terms of balls faced,when she brought up the landmark off her 96th delivery,going on to make 128 before being run out backing up at the non-striker's end.[48][49][50]
In October 2019,Sciver-Brunt announced her engagement to fellow England cricketer Katherine Brunt.[54] They were scheduled to get married in September 2020,but their wedding was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55] The pair married in May 2022.[56] Both changed their last name to Sciver-Brunt when they married,and in January 2023 it was announced that the pair would both use the name in all cricket-related instances.[57] On 20 September 2024,the couple announced Katherine was pregnant with their first child.[58][59] Their son was born in March 2025.[60]
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