Katherine Sciver-Brunt

England|Bowling Allrounder
Katherine Sciver-Brunt
INTL CAREER: 2004 - 2023
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Full Name

Katherine Sciver-Brunt

Born

July 02, 1985, Barnsley

Age

38y 261d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium fast

Playing Role

Bowling Allrounder

RELATIONS

Cricket is in Katherine Brunt's blood - she first played the game through joining in the nets with her brother at the family's club, Barnsley, where her dad played for the 2nd XI. A skiddy fast bowler, she represented Yorkshire at Under-15 and Under-17 level, but took a break from county cricket at the age of 17 because she was overweight and not really enjoying the game.

But two years later - spurred on by her sister's dramatic weightloss - Brunt was back, leaner and meaner than ever. She moved up from Yorkshire to Super 4s to England as fast as her weight had dropped off - at lightning pace - and both transformations were down to sheer grit and application. So dramatic was her weightloss after a vigorous dieting and exercise regime that some of her new England colleagues didn't recognise her when, aged 19, she turned up for the drawn Test against New Zealand in 2004.

A trip to South Africa for the 2005 World Cup followed, although it ended in disappointment for second-ranked England who were knocked out at the semi-final stage by the eventual winners Australia. But Brunt exacted revenge four months later, taking 14 wickets in the two Tests and scoring her first Test fifty besides as England romped to their first Ashes series win in 42 years.

A few months later she toured the subcontinent when England visited Sri Lanka and India at the end of 2005, with mixed success. Brunt's own tour ended early when she broke a finger and had to fly home.

In fact her career has been blighted by injuries throughout, in particular a troublesome back, which saw her miss the 2007-08 Ashes to recover from surgery. She reignited the injury out in Australia during the 2013-14 Ashes and seriously considered walking away from cricket altogether, but the ushering in of the professional era in May that year allowed her the time and support to fight her way back to full fitness and recover much of her old pace.

The recovery time has always proved worth it. A fully fit Brunt has been one of the most powerful weapons in England's armoury, since 2009 becoming England's leading strike bowler with a pace that - at her quickest - has rivalled the fastest in the women's game. Picked in the 2009 50-over World Cup squad, she took six wickets from five games, and was retained for the World T20 later that year, taking a phenomenal 3 for 6 in the final against New Zealand at Lord's as England triumphed.

She has particularly shone against Australia, with her 6 for 69 in the first innings of the 2009 Worcester Test helping ensure that England retained the Ashes. In the new format women's Ashes in 2013 she took nine wickets at an economy of 3.02 across all three formats. The improvement in her batting was also apparent in the 2015 Ashes series, when she top-scored with 39 for England in the first innings of the Canterbury Test. It may well be that she is in future years considered a genuine allrounder; yet whether batting or bowling, the same qualities of passion and aggression always shine through.
Raf Nicholson

Katherine Sciver-Brunt Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
WTests142526111098516/699/11121.522.5251.1130
WODIs141139684740811705/185/1824.003.5740.2350
WT20Is112111235321881144/154/1519.195.5720.6100

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
WTests141841845213.1463628.930121050
WODIs1418222109072*18.16143875.7902899390
WT20Is112673059042*15.94521113.24004811350
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Recent Matches of Katherine Sciver-Brunt

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Rockets vs Phoenix--0/3219-Aug-2023NottinghamWT20
Rockets vs Originals--1/2017-Aug-2023NottinghamWT20
Rockets vs N S-Chargers15*0/809-Aug-2023NottinghamWT20
Rockets vs Brave11*0/3201-Aug-2023NottinghamWT20
Sapphires vs Falcons00/2011-Apr-2023KowloonOTHERT20

Photos of Katherine Sciver-Brunt

Nat Sciver-Brunt and Maia Bouchier walk off after completing victory
Katherine Sciver-Brunt signs off from Trent Bridge
Katherine Sciver-Brunt made the opening breakthrough
Katherine Sciver-Brunt is thrilled after taking a catch
Katherine Sciver-Brunt shows her frustration in a wicketless spell
Nat Sciver-Brunt celebrates a wicket with Katherine Sciver-Brunt