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BBC News
3 days ago
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New mum Sciver-Brunt was set to miss Windies series
England's Nat Sciver-Brunt was set to miss the ongoing West Indies series on maternity leave before being made captain, says her wife 32, was named captain in April, a month after her son, Theo, who was carried by former England bowler Katherine, was born. "Nat was entitled to four months maternity leave, not being the birth mother," Katherine Sciver-Brunt told BBC Test Match Special."She took three weeks of that because England wanted her back for this series. "That was a huge sacrifice because those first eight weeks are so hard. "No-one would usually go back after three weeks, and Nat was pre-arranged to not play in this tournament and come back for the India series [which starts on 28 June]." Theo was with Sciver-Brunt during the T20 series which concluded on Monday and the first one-day international on Friday in Derby, where Katherine was working as a commentator for the matches were England's first under the all-rounder and new coach Charlotte Edwards, who were appointed after Heather Knight and Jon Lewis were sacked amid the fallout from last winter's Ashes defeat. Katherine travelled alongside England while pregnant throughout the winter but remained at home during the Women's Premier League in February and she gone into labour while Nat was at the tournament in India, her wife would not have made it home in time for the is the first mum to play for England since Arran Brindle, who played her last international in 2014."There were talks of a stand-in captain coming in for this series and that was a hard question for England," Katherine Sciver-Brunt said."But ultimately Lottie [Edwards] wanted Nat and I couldn't deny her that opportunity towards the back end of her career. "If I was unhappy or wasn't sure, Nat would not have done it. She is selfless in that way and that is why she makes such a good captain."Sciver-Brunt's comments come after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced an update to its maternity policy on England players were guaranteed their full salary for the first 13 weeks post-childbirth and a percentage thereafter but they will now receive 12 months fully paid leave, plus an automatic contract extension and support with childcare and breastfeeding players will get six months paid maternity leave plus the contract had egg freezing treatment last summer and said she would like to carry a baby after her cricket career."When you talk about giving birth, it takes more than a year to get your body back into fitness and revert back to what you were," Katherine said."You have worked so hard as a female to get to that point in your career and then you have to question stepping back and having to juggle starting a family. "Even deciding to extract and freeze your eggs, there is time that has to be taken out for that."If you are an exceptional athlete you often have a long career ahead of you, but not if you want to start a family. "Normalising this conversation and to inspiring people that it can be done, there needs to be more of that and I think it will happen."
RNZ News
23-05-2025
- Sport
- RNZ News
Hayley Jensen announces White Ferns retirement
Hayley Jensen celebrates a Sri Lankan wicket at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Photo: photosport Allrounder Hayley Jensen is retiring from international cricket after an 88-match White Ferns career that spanned 11 years. Jensen, 32, became a regular fixture in both white ball formats for New Zealand, after making her debut against the West Indies in 2014. She scored 1988 runs and took 76 wickets combined across 53 T20 international and 35 ODIs. Jensen lined up at four T20 World Cups (2014, 2018, 2020 and 2023) although she wasn't part of the squad who claimed victory at the 2024 tournament in India, having last played for New Zealand in February 2023. One of her last performances came in the bronze medal-winning game at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, when she claimed match-winning figures of 3-24 with her medium pace bowling. Photo: PHOTOSPORT Otago veteran Jensen, who has also represented a number of domestic Australian sides, said it felt like the right time to step away from international cricket. "Ever since I was 10 years old, I came home from my first cricket tournament and knew I wanted to be a White Fern," she said. "To have had the chance to live that dream is something I'll always treasure. "It's been an incredible journey - filled with challenges, growth, unforgettable experiences, and the best group of people I could've hoped to share it with. "It's never easy to move on from something that's meant this much, but I know in my heart it's time. I'm proud of what we've achieved together and even prouder to have been part of the White Ferns environment." Jensen is still to decide if she will continue playing domestic cricket.
RNZ News
22-05-2025
- Sport
- RNZ News
Hayley Jensen announces White Ferns retiremen
Hayley Jensen celebrates a Sri Lankan wicket at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Photo: photosport Allrounder Hayley Jensen is retiring from international cricket after an 88-match White Ferns career that spanned 11 years. Jensen, 32, became a regular fixture in both white ball formats for New Zealand, after making her debut against the West Indies in 2014. She scored 1988 runs and took 76 wickets combined across 53 T20 international and 35 ODIs. Jensen lined up at four T20 World Cups (2014, 2018, 2020 and 2023) although she wasn't part of the squad who claimed victory at the 2024 tournament in India, having last played for New Zealand in February 2023. One of her last performances came in the bronze medal-winning game at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, when she claimed match-winning figures of 3-24 with her medium pace bowling. Photo: PHOTOSPORT Otago veteran Jensen, who has also represented a number of domestic Australian sides, said it felt like the right time to step away from international cricket. "Ever since I was 10 years old, I came home from my first cricket tournament and knew I wanted to be a White Fern," she said. "To have had the chance to live that dream is something I'll always treasure. "It's been an incredible journey - filled with challenges, growth, unforgettable experiences, and the best group of people I could've hoped to share it with. "It's never easy to move on from something that's meant this much, but I know in my heart it's time. I'm proud of what we've achieved together and even prouder to have been part of the White Ferns environment." Jensen is still to decide if she will continue playing domestic cricket.
BBC News
07-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
MCC set to address 'ridiculous' gender divide at AGM to increase women members
The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is set to formulate plans to drastically increase the number of women members in an attempt to address what senior club figures have called a "ridiculous" gender divide. A discussion on the subject of female membership has been slated on the agenda for the club's Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Lord's on Wednesday. The MCC voted to allow women to join the club in 1998, having been an all-male preserve for more than two centuries. But of its current 18,350 full members, fewer than 3% are women. At a pre-AGM meeting last month, leading MCC committee figures were left exasperated at just how slow progress has been. Sources at the MCC have since told BBC Sport it is "frankly ridiculous" that so few members are women and the issue is one the club cannot ignore but must "meet head on". Frustrations have centred on how to make non-playing membership available to more women, with the club largely hamstrung by a lengthy waiting list which currently stands at approximately 29 years. A paper has been prepared in advance of the AGM and the meeting will be used as a platform to discuss the issue, gather the views of members and devise a model to reduce the gender divide. While the AGM will test the water it is understood leading MCC figures are resolutely determined to develop practical solutions.
