{"id":173911,"date":"2026-05-28T22:41:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=173911"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:11:58","slug":"england-captain-nat-sciver-brunt-on-track-to-return-for-womens-t20-world-cup-2026-after-calf-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=173911","title":{"rendered":"England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt on track to return for Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 after calf injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71035854\">England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt said she is on course to \u200breturn from a calf injury in time \u200cfor its Twenty20 World Cup opener \u200bon home soil next \u2060month, though the all-rounder has yet to resume bowling practice.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old suffered a calf tear \u200cplaying in the domestic Women\u2019s One-Day Cup in April and \u200cwas ruled out of England\u2019s series \u200cagainst \u2060New Zealand and India this \u2060month.<\/p>\n<p>England faces Australia and India in World Cup warm-up games before beginning its campaign against \u200bSri Lanka on \u200cJune 12 in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything is sort of going to plan as far as it can do at the moment,\u201d \u200cSciver-Brunt said on a        <i>BBC<\/i> \u200bpodcast on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been really frustrating watching from the sidelines and \u2060not being able to help and feel like I\u2019m missing out a \u200clittle bit&#8230; I\u2019m batting, but I haven\u2019t been bowling yet, that\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of the plans that we\u2019ve been putting together to get me back on track is ending with that \u200cfirst game in mind. We\u2019ve got a \u200bcouple of warm-up games beforehand to practise my skills in as \u2060well. It\u2019s going to plan thus far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England \u2060has not won the T20 World Cup since the inaugural edition \u200cin 2009. The 2026 edition runs from June 12 to July \u200b5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on May 29, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/nat-sciver-brunt-injury-update-womens-t20-world-cup-2026-return-on-track\/article71035854.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt said she is on course to \u200breturn from a calf injury in time \u200cfor its Twenty20 World Cup opener \u200bon home soil next \u2060month, though the all-rounder has yet to resume bowling practice. The 33-year-old suffered a calf tear \u200cplaying in the domestic Women\u2019s One-Day Cup in April and \u200cwas ruled &#8230; <a title=\"England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt on track to return for Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 after calf injury\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=173911\" aria-label=\"Read more about England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt on track to return for Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 after calf injury\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173911","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\/GettyImages-2273717971.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":178989,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178989","url_meta":{"origin":173911,"position":0},"title":"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: India suffers narrow loss to England in warm-up fixture; Richa fifty bright spot","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"England wound down its preparations for the ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 with a thrilling five-run win over India in their final warm-up game in Cardiff on Wednesday. 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