Women's T20 World Cup is here! Nat Sciver Brunt on her fitness, England's build-up & captaining on home soil
6/12/202616 min
Tash Farrant sits down with England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt as the Women’s T20 World Cup gets underway.
They discuss her return from injury, England’s build up to the tournament and what it means to Nat to captain the side at a World Cup on home soil.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 1· Soundbite0:00
[upbeat music] [crowd cheering] Yeah, gone, gone. He gets his fairytale ending. An epic way to go to a test match 100.
Speaker 20:09
The London Spirit, a first-time winners.
Speaker 1· Soundbite0:12
The most remarkable thing you'll probably ever see in cricket. 604 and final test wicket for Stuart Broad. It's India who win the T20 World Cup. England's captain, Ben Stokes, while he is there, England have hope.
Tash Farrant· Host0:27
Hello. It's Tash Farrant here, and welcome to the Sky Cricket Podcast. We're building up to that first game of the Women's T20 World Cup on Friday, and luckily enough, I got to chat with England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt. Nat, great to see you. You've had a busy couple of days, and how've you pulled up?
Nat Sciver-Brunt· Guest0:47
I'm all right. I'm a bit tired, but that's not through, um, not through the cricket, I suppose. Yeah, it's been, been strange, and a strange experience watching from the sideline.
Tash Farrant· Host0:58
Mm.
Nat Sciver-Brunt· Guest0:58
I've been pretty lucky that I haven't, um, had loads of sort of long injuries in my career, so, um, yeah, different experience, but, um, I tried to make the most of it in, in every way.
Tash Farrant· Host1:09
Yeah, you say a different experience. How, how has it been over the last month or so? Obviously watching the team, has there been... It's been hard, but has there been some positives to that as well?
Nat Sciver-Brunt· Guest1:18
Definitely. Um, I guess I've been, like, having a different perspective on a game. Um, I can sort of see if somebody needs, um, like, a bit of a chat