{"id":564412,"date":"2026-05-03T18:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/564412\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T18:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:41:15","slug":"nat-sciver-brunt-england-captain-ruled-out-of-new-zealand-odi-series-with-calf-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/564412\/","title":{"rendered":"Nat Sciver-Brunt: England captain ruled out of New Zealand ODI series with calf injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But sources have told BBC Sport the all-rounder&#8217;s withdrawal is precautionary and she is expected to be fully fit in time for the tournament. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After scans on Saturday highlighted the problem, Sciver-Brunt will now undergo further assessment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">England face six T20 matches against New Zealand and India before June&#8217;s World Cup. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Vice-captain Charlie Dean will lead the side in Sciver-Brunt&#8217;s absence for the three-match ODI series, which starts in Durham on Sunday, 10 May, and includes games in Northampton (13 May) and Cardiff (16 May).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hampshire and Southern Brave batter Maia Bouchier, 27, has been called up as cover for the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But sources have told BBC Sport the all-rounder&#8217;s withdrawal is precautionary and she is expected to be fully&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-564412","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\/564412","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=564412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}