Nat Sciver-Brunt was announced as the new England women’s cricket team captain by the England Wales and Cricket Board (ECB) on Tuesday.
Sciver-Brunt succeeds Heather Knight, who left her role following England’s 2025 Women’s Ashes series after a near nine-year tenure and will lead in all three formats working alongside recently appointed head coach Charlotte Edwards.
“I’m really proud to take on the role of captain of the England Women’s team and it’s an honour to have been asked by Charlotte, someone I’ve always looked up to. Ever since I made my England debut back in 2013, all I have wanted to do is help the team in every way that I can. I will try my best to lead this team to success, whilst empowering them to be the best version of themselves,” Sciver-Brunt said in an ECB release.
“We have a really talented group, and we have a group that’s united. It’s a team I believe in and a team that can have a lot of success together. It’s hugely exciting to be working with Charlotte having had the pleasure of working with her in the last three years at Mumbai Indians. Her love of cricket and passion for the England Women’s team is inspiring and I’m excited to see where this partnership leads us,” the 32-year-old added.
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Most recently, Sciver-Brunt ended the 2025 Women’s Premier League in India with 523 runs, becoming the first player to accumulate more than 500 runs in a single season. She also became the first to score 1,000 runs in the WPL.
In 2021, Sciver-Brunt captained her country for the first time in international cricket for the third IT20 match against New Zealand and also took charge for the Commonwealth Games in 2022.
Sciver-Brunt was part of the team that won the 2017 World Cup and has played 259 times for England across formats to date.
She averages 46.47 in Tests, 45.91 in ODIs and 28.45 in IT20s, whilst having 181 international wickets under her belt.
England begins its 2025 home summer campaign on May 21 with a series against the West Indies, featuring three One-Day Internationals and three T20Is, before hosting India for five T20Is and three ODIs.
