World Cup winner with England Katherine Sciver-Brunt announces retirement! Here’s a look at her achievements!
Renowned English speedster Katherine Sciver-Brunt career is over. The 37-year-old revealed in February that the T20 World Cup in South Africa will be her final participation with the national side after retiring from Test cricket a year ago. Sciver-Brunt has ended his career in all facets of international cricket as of right now.
Sciver-Brunt, who played in the 2009 England Women’s Cricket World Cup winning Team of the Tournament, also won Player of the Match honours in the 2009 T20 World Cup final, defeating New Zealand with a score of 3/6.
Katherine Brunt was introduced to cricket by playing with her brother in the nets at her family’s club, Barnsley, where her father featured for the 2nd XI. She was a skiddy fast pacer who played for Yorkshire at the Under-15 and Under-17 levels, however, at the young age of 17, she stopped playing county cricket due to the fact that she had grown fat and didn’t enjoy it.
Sciver-Brunt, who has been at the vanguard of England’s quest for women’s cricket competence, became one of the very first 18 players to sign an ECB central contract in April 2014 and participated in the nation’s triumphant 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup campaign.
Having 114 wickets in a storied 112-match career, Katherine quits as the sixth-most successful wicket-taker in women’s T20I cricket, alongside an economy rate of less than a run per ball. The record in the shortest format complements a strong ODI career, as she finished fifth all-time with 170 wickets at an average of 24.
“Well here I am, 19 years later, at the end of my international journey. I thought I’d never be able to reach this decision but I have and it’s been the hardest one of my life. I never had any dreams or aspirations to do what I’ve done, I only ever wished to make my family proud of me. And what I’ve achieved has gone way beyond that.
