Cricket
New England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt: ‘We are a hard-working side — but we need to make smarter decisions’

Maternity leave may seem a strange time in which to accept a promotion – but then this wasn’t really a job that Nat Sciver-Brunt could turn down. Still fresh from welcoming baby Theo to the world with wife Katherine, England’s premier all-rounder returned to work last week to a new boss and a new title, adjusting to life as captain of a side in need of repair as the first appointment of the Charlotte Edwards era.