Natalie Sciver : Biography, Records, Age, Height, Achievements, Family and Career Statistics

Natalie Sciver, who was born in Tokyo, started playing cricket as a young girl in the Netherlands even though it was her third-favorite sport after football and tennis. She was chosen for England’s 2013 series against Pakistan after shining for Surrey in the County Championship in 2012 and 2013. She is a true all-rounder. In just her second ODI, she won Player of the Match after taking 3 for 28 against Pakistan, making an immediate impression on the international stage that summer.

She made history in October 2013 by becoming the first English cricketer, male or female, to win a T20I hat-trick against New Zealand with the help of her skiddy, accurate medium-pacer bowling. She also demonstrated this talent earlier this year during the Perth Test, where she and Arran Brindle produced a 58-run partnership to save England’s first innings and came within one run of a first Test half-century. With a batting average of 100 during the 2013 Ashes series, she solidified her role as an essential middle-order anchor for England.

She only bowled one over during the Test, but she concluded the 2015 Women’s Ashes with nine wickets at an average of 17.55, suggesting that she hasn’t used her bowling to its full capacity at the international level. In seven of England’s eight games in New Zealand in the beginning of 2015, she failed to bowl. In the series, she hit 175 runs as well.

After being hired by the Melbourne Stars for the league’s first season, she cemented her status as a powerful batter by becoming the first female player to hit a six in the Women’s Big Bash League. Her ankle injury led her to miss England’s ODI series in South Africa in early 2016, but she was able to rejoin the team for the T20 leg of the tour and played in all of their World Twenty20 games. She was a major part in their series victory over Pakistan that summer, breaking the previous record for the quickest half-century in ODIs with an 80-ball knock in the second ODI at Worcester.

Natalie Sciver Biography:   

1. Full Name: Natalie Ruth Sciver
2. Other/Nickname: Natalie Sciver
3. Profession: Cricketer
4. Famous for: All-rounder
5. Best Performance: ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2017, Sciver and Beaumont recorded the highest ever 4th wicket partnership (170 runs) in the tournament’s history.
6. Natalie Sciver Net Worth: $2 million (2023)
7. Natalie Sciver Salary: $500,000 p.a
8. Instagram Handle:  @natsciver
9. Twitter Handle: @natsciver

Natalie Sciver Physical Status: 

1. Height: 5′7″
2. Weight: 56 kg
3. Body Measurements: Chest – 34 inches, Waist – 28 inches and Biceps – 34 inches
4. Eye Colour: Hazel Blue
5. Hair Colour: Blonde

Natalie Sciver Personal Life:

1. Date Of Birth: 20 August 1992
2. Place Of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
3. Nationality: British
4. Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
5. School: Epsom College School
6. College: Loughborough University
7. Highest Education Qualification: Degree in Sports and Exercise Science.

Natalie Sciver Family Statistics:

• Marital Status: Married
• Natalie Sciver Wife: Katherine Brunt
• Natalie Sciver Children: Daughters – Jessica (1997), Ali-Rosa (1998), Sophie (2001), Gracie (2005)
• Parents: Father – Richard & Mother- Julia Longbottom
• Siblings: Brothers –1 (Name not known ) Sister – 1 (Name not known )
• Religion: Christianity
• Other Hobbies: Swimming & listening to music

Natalie Sciver Career Statistics:

• Test Debut: 10 January 2014 against Australia
• ODI Debut:  1 July 2013 against Pakistan

Natalie Sciver Achievements:

• Natalie Ruth Sciver became the first England cricketer to take an international T20 hat-trick In a T20 game against New Zealand.
• In the 2013–2014 Ashes series, she faced Australia in her first test at Perth, where she finished with a 72-run total and one wicket.
• She also has one of the first tranches of 18 ECB central contracts for female players, which were revealed in April 2014.
• During the 2017 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, she and Heather Knight achieved the highest third-wicket run stand in Women’s Cricket World Cup history. In the same competition, Sciver and Tammy Beaumont established the best fourth-wicket partnership in Women’s World Cup history.
• In 2018, she was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year.

Here are some of the lesser-known facts about Natalie Sciver:

• The first cricketer from England, male or female, to take a hat-trick in an international T20 match was Natalie Ruth Sciver in 2013.
• Sciver was the second-highest wicket-taker at the Women’s World T20 event that year with 10 wickets, including the hat-trick against New Zealand.
• Sciver was named the PCA Women’s Player of the Year at the end of the 2022 season for her two centuries at the 2022 World Cup, her maiden Test century against South Africa, and her efforts during The Hundred.

 

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