Didn't have to deal with the Ashes loss immediately because of KSL: Natalie Sciver

It’s said that at times being busy is good, for it doesn’t give you to think over things that pull you down or have the ability to. That’s precisely what happened with England’s players after their 12-4 Ashes loss to Australia in 2019 because of the Women’s Cricket Super League, felt Natalie Sciver, the English allrounder.

“We probably put a few things on hold until after the KSL and really waited for that time off to kind of re-set and make sure that we're fresh again to go in the winter,” Sciver told ESPNCricinfo. “It's motivation in itself to be in a world tournament and on the world stage and hopefully show everyone what we can do again and just make sure that we're kind of in our own bubble.”

T20s are something, admittedly, Sciver enjoys. She is undoubtedly looking forward to the Women’s T20 World Cup next month, which will be her fourth. “After the summer we had, I think it would be really special,” she said as England look to shrug off the Ashes loss and move on.

“As a group we're in a good space to put that series behind us and hopefully get a few wins. To be able to keep putting ourselves out there as a team and compete and put ourselves out there to succeed or to fail, as a squad that's all we can ask of ourselves, to be able to turn up and do the best that we can with the conditions that we've got, so looking forward to hopefully putting a few things to right.”

When Sciver took a hat-trick against New Zealand in 2013, she was the first English cricketer to pick a treble. She was also the first to hit a six in the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL). She was in good form in the recently-concluded series against Pakistan - which included three ODIs and as many T20Is but one washed out one - where she scored a quick ton in the second ODI.

She had a productive WBBL 05, where, turning up for Perth Scorchers, she scored 342 runs at an average of 38 with a strike rate a tad over 123. Scorchers were coached by Lisa Keightley, England’s new head coach. Sciver is one of the three seam-bowling allrounders England are carrying for the Women’s T20 World Cup, alongside Katherine Brunt and Georgia Elwiss.