Sciver-Brunt named captain as Lord’s hosts 2026 World Cup Final
Test Match Special
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🗓️ 1 May 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Henry Moeran is alongside BBC Sport Cricket writer Ffion Wynne at Lord’s as the ECB & the ICC launch the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup, as it’s announced that the venue will host the final of the tournament.
After it was announced that Nat Sciver-Brunt would replace Heather Knight as England captain, what kind of captain would the all-rounder be? Charlotte Edwards looks forward to the partnership with Sciver-Brunt, and Lauren Bell & Sophia Dunkley share their excitement as England enter a new era.
Plus, Red Rose and World Rugby Women’s Player of The Year 2024 Ellie Kildunne discusses the impact a home international tournament can have on boosting a sport’s profile.
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| 0:40.7 | Hello, I'm Henry Moran. |
| 0:42.7 | Welcome to the Test Match Special podcast and welcome to Lords. |
| 0:46.2 | We're sitting on the famous white benches outside the pavilion. |
| 0:50.6 | There is the hubbub, gentle conversation of a gathering of people because today the ECB |
| 0:56.4 | and ICC have launched the 26 Women's T20 World Cup. The tournament's going to be held across |
| 1:03.1 | England, Headingley, Old Traffat, Edgebuston, the Oval, the Hampshire Bowl, Bristol's County Ground, |
| 1:07.6 | and then the final at Lords. What a few weeks it'll be to look forward to for the new head coach Charlotte Edwards and the new captain, Nat Siver Brunt. So many big names from inside and outside the world of cricket here. And across this podcast, we'll be hearing from Charlotte Edwards as well as the England bowler Lauren Bell and top order batter Sophia Dunkley, who I've been speaking to. |
| 1:29.6 | But let's begin with the big news of the week from the England camp. |
| 1:33.0 | As I just mentioned, that Siverbrunt has been announced as England new captain, |
| 1:37.7 | taking over from Heather Knight. |
| 1:39.6 | And alongside me in the sunshine is the BBC Sport cricket writer Fionne Win. |
| 1:46.0 | We've got our replacements then. John Lewis and Heather Knight have departed after the tumultuous winter. |
| 1:51.0 | What does this mean in terms of the team going forward? |
| 1:54.0 | I think it is the combination we rather expected. |
| 1:57.0 | Yeah, I think there was a lot of, a lot more if some butts around the captaincy as there were around the coach. |
| 2:04.2 | You know, we spoke about Charlotte Edwards and how she felt like the obvious number one candidate. |
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