‘Katherine and I would love to start a family’ – Nat Sciver-Brunt reveals reason behind missing Pakistan T20I

Nat Sciver-Brunt. (Photo Source: Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)

England’s star all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt recently opened up about her absence from the first T20I against Pakistan last weekend. While speaking to her wife Katherine Brunt, Sciver-Brunt revealed she underwent an egg-freezing procedure in hopes of starting a family in the future.

The 31-year-old discussed her and Katherine’s desire to have children, while also allowing herself to continue her illustrious cricket career. “Katherine and I would love to start a family but I’d also like to continue playing cricket. We are lucky in that there are more options than one. We’re just working out the best way for us to go about it. I’d like to carry a baby when I finish playing cricket and I think Katherine wants to carry a baby as well” she said on the PCA’s Under The Lid podcast.

On missing the first T20I, “I’d only just started back to exercise, so wasn’t quite ready [to play],” Brunt was heard saying.

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England have been really good, the sports science and medical departments are supportive: Nat Sciver-Brunt

Sciver-Brunt provided insight into the egg-freezing process “In the period between getting back from New Zealand [where England toured in April] and this [series], I thought it was a great time to go through the egg-freezing process, creating embryos and putting them in the freezer for future use.”

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She was open about the challenging recovery, “England have been really good. The sports science and medical departments are supportive and have helped me along the way, making sure coming back to cricket has been smooth. After the procedure you’re wiped out for quite a few days,” the cricketer continued.

Katherine Brunt, who retired last year, further spoke on their decision. With fertility windows closing, freezing eggs allows them to revisit the process later. “If Nat was 24 she might want to have a child, then come back and play. At 31, it’s on the verge,” Katherine said. “Freezing the eggs now and having healthy eggs to come back to – it’s great to be able to have that choice because it’s not cheap and very invasive,” she concluded.