The England Women’s cricket team are currently busy playing the home ODI series against the West Indies. After a thumping 3-0 victory in the recent home T20I series against the same opponent, they began the ODI series with a win. The new era under their head coach, Charlotte Edwards, and captain, Nat Sciver-Brunt, has begun on a positive note.
But now, as quoted by the BBC, her wife Katherine Sciver-Brunt has revealed that initially Nat was set to miss the ongoing West Indies series on maternity leave before being named as the new captain. “Nat was entitled to four months’ maternity leave, not being the birth mother. She took three weeks of that because England wanted her back for this series. That was a huge sacrifice because those first eight weeks are so hard,” said Katherine.
“If I was unhappy or wasn’t sure, Nat would not have done it.” – Katherine Sciver-Brunt
“No-one would usually go back after three weeks, and Nat was pre-arranged to not play in this tournament and come back for the India series [which starts on 28 June],” she further added. After Arran Brindle, Nat is the first mother to play for England as captain.
“There were talks of a stand-in captain coming in for this series, and that was a hard question for England. But ultimately Lottie [Edwards] wanted Nat and I couldn’t deny her that opportunity towards the back end of her career. If I was unhappy or wasn’t sure, Nat would not have done it. She is selfless in that way, and that is why she makes such a good captain,” she further explained.
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