{"id":188397,"date":"2026-07-01T06:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=188397"},"modified":"2026-07-01T06:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:23:08","slug":"womens-t20-world-cup-2026-england-captain-nat-sciver-brunt-to-return-for-semifinal-against-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=188397","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 \u2014 England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt to return for semifinal against South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71170032\">England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt has confirmed that she is fit to return to the team for its semifinal against South Africa at The Oval on July 2.<\/p>\n<p>Sciver-Brunt was an injury doubt coming into the tournament, and did not feature in England\u2019s preparatory series against England just prior to it. She featured in England\u2019s two matches against Sri Lanka and Ireland but retired out in the second after feeling a recurrence of a calf muscle injury.<\/p>\n<p>She did not feature in England\u2019s subsequent three matches against Scotland, West Indies, and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe literally threw everything at it,\u201d Sciver-Brunt said in the pre-match press conference. \u201cI\u2019m really happy with where I am at physically. Myself and the medical team are really happy with where we\u2019re at. Physically I\u2019m able to take part in all of the game, so from that point of view I\u2019m really happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Sciver-Brunt set to return, it appears that Sophia Dunkley, who has scored 57, 14, and 49 not out since returning to the team, will miss out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 01, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/womens-t20-world-cup-2026-nat-sciver-brunt-england-captain-south-africa-semifinal-fitness-update-latest-news\/article71170032.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt has confirmed that she is fit to return to the team for its semifinal against South Africa at The Oval on July 2. Sciver-Brunt was an&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188398,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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-188397","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\/07\/2026-06-16T212030Z_172870356_UP1EM6G1NA4DD_RTRMADP_3_CRICKET-T20-WORLDCUP-ENG-IRL.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":181866,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=181866","url_meta":{"origin":188397,"position":0},"title":"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: England\u2019s Nat Sciver-Brunt ruled out for next two games due to calf strain","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"England Women\u2019s captain Nat Sciver-Brunt is set to miss the next two fixtures of the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 due to injury. 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