Katherine Sciver Brunt, the highest wicket-taker for the England women’s cricket team, has announced her retirement from international Cricket. Brunt said goodbye to his 19-year career on 5 May 2023.
Brunt has played her last international match against South Africa in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. After retiring from Test cricket last year, Brunt will not feature in the Ashes.
Katherine Brunt made her debut in the England team in the year 2004. She has so far taken 335 wickets in all three formats. Brunt has 170 wickets in ODI cricket, 114 in T20, and 51 in Tests. She has also won the World Cup trophy 3 times in her career, including a player of the match title, which she won in the final of the T20 World Cup in 2009 against New Zealand. Apart from this, she has won 4 Ashes series.
In such a situation, she has recently surprised everyone by retiring from international Cricket. While announcing her retirement, she said, “I am saying goodbye to my international journey of 19 years. I thought I would never reach this stage, but this decision was the most difficult of my life. Whatever I have achieved, I never dreamed of it, I just wanted to make my family proud, and I did it. I thank Cricket for giving me many beautiful and memorable moments and friends who will be with me forever. I have achieved all the trophies and titles I thought I could win, but my biggest success is being happy, which I got married to Nat Sciver.”
Brunt has had an illustrious career in international Cricket. She has been a mainstay in the England women’s team for almost two decades and has played a vital role in their success in various formats of the game.
In recent years, Brunt has struggled with a back injury and has had to manage her workload carefully to avoid aggravating the injury. However, she has continued to play for England when fit and has remained an essential player in the team.
England’s female cricketer Katherine Brunt married Nat Sciver last year. Both of them were in a relationship for a long time, and finally, on 29 May, they got married.
