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England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt returns for T20 World Cup semi-final

The Guardian UK Wednesday 01 July 2026, 14:52 UTC By Raf Nicholson 1 min read
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33-year-old returns to face South Africa at the Oval‘I’ve been put through my recovery paces’Nat Sciver-Brunt will return to captain England in their T20 World Cup semi-final against South Africa at the Oval after being “put through my recovery paces”. The 33-year-old missed the last three matches of the group stages after retiring hurt against Ireland with a recurrence of the calf injury she sustained in April.

  • 33-year-old returns to face South Africa at the Oval

  • ‘I’ve been put through my recovery paces’

Nat Sciver-Brunt will return to captain England in their T20 World Cup semi-final against South Africa at the Oval after being “put through my recovery paces”.

The 33-year-old missed the last three matches of the group stages after retiring hurt against Ireland with a recurrence of the calf injury she sustained in April.

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