{"id":564088,"date":"2026-05-03T14:11:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/564088\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T14:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:11:22","slug":"england-captain-nat-sciver-brunt-ruled-out-of-three-match-metro-bank-odi-series-against-new-zealand-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/564088\/","title":{"rendered":"England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt ruled out of three-match Metro Bank ODI series against New Zealand | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt has been ruled out of the three-match Metro Bank ODI series against New Zealand as a precautionary measure, due to a minor left calf tear that she picked up while playing for The Blaze against Warwickshire on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Vice-captain Charlie Dean will now join the squad and captain the side during the ODI series, and Maia Bouchier has also been called up as batting cover for the series.<\/p>\n<p>Sciver-Brunt played a full part in the game on Wednesday, but subsequently felt discomfort.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/skysports-charlie-dean-england_6970791.jpg\"   alt=\"Charlie Dean, England vs India, first ODI, Southampton\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Charlie Dean will now captain the side during the ODI series<\/p>\n<p>As a result she took no part in any of the physical activities during the subsequent leadership programme undertaken with the British Army.<\/p>\n<p>A scan on Saturday afternoon has revealed the extent of the injury and a period of rest is the medical advice, with further assessment to take place in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Sciver-Brunt&#8217;s availability for the Vitality IT20 matches against New Zealand and India ahead of the World Cup will be determined in due course following this precautionary decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt has been ruled out of the three-match Metro Bank ODI series against New Zealand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-564088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}