{"id":163071,"date":"2026-05-04T04:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=163071"},"modified":"2026-05-04T04:38:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:08:00","slug":"englands-sciver-brunt-ruled-out-of-new-zealand-series-ahead-of-womens-t20-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=163071","title":{"rendered":"England\u2019s Sciver-Brunt ruled out of New Zealand series ahead of Women\u2019s T20 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-70938207\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt \u200bwill miss the three-match \u200cone-day international series against \u200bNew Zealand \u2060due to a calf injury, sparking concerns \u200cfor the host barely one month \u200cbefore the \u200cstart \u2060of the Women\u2019s \u2060T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Sciver-Brunt, who sustained a left calf \u200btear during \u200ca domestic game for the Blaze against Warwickshire, has been \u200cadvised to rest \u200bafter having scans, the England \u2060and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a \u200cstatement on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Vice-captain Charlie Dean will captain the team during the ODI series, starting on \u200cMay 10.<\/p>\n<p>England begins its \u200bGroup B campaign in the T20 \u2060World Cup against Sri \u2060Lanka on June 12 in \u200cBirmingham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on May 04, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/nat-sciver-brunt-injury-ruled-out-england-vs-new-zealand-series-doubt-women-t20-world-cup-2026\/article70938207.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt \u200bwill miss the three-match \u200cone-day international series against \u200bNew Zealand \u2060due to a calf injury, sparking concerns \u200cfor the host barely one month \u200cbefore the \u200cstart \u2060of the Women\u2019s \u2060T20 World Cup. Sciver-Brunt, who sustained a left calf \u200btear during \u200ca domestic game for the Blaze against Warwickshire, has been \u200cadvised&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/22_RVM_6655.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnRh4-Gqb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=163071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/163072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=163071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=163071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=163071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}