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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
David Charlesworth

Nat Sciver-Brunt hopes World Cup helps cricket ‘explode in England’ this summer

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Nat Sciver-Brunt will lead England at this summer’s T20 World Cup (Mike Egerton/PA) -

Nat Sciver-Brunt hopes this summer’s T20 World Cup can help catapult women’s cricket into the national consciousness like never before as England try to build on the legacy of 2017.

Sciver-Brunt was instrumental in England’s triumphant 50-over World Cup campaign on home soil nine years ago, when she unveiled the ‘Natmeg’ shot that captured the imagination of cricket fans globally.

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