Sciver-Brunt unlikely to bowl this summer - Edwards

England caput coach Charlotte Edwards has confirmed that skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt is improbable to vessel this summer.

All-rounder Sciver-Brunt, 32, has been recovering from a long-standing Achilles problem which worsened during England's thrashing by Australia successful nan Women's Ashes astatine nan commencement of nan year.

She subsequently played a starring domiciled successful Mumbai Indians' Women's Premier League triumph but had a agelong play of rehabilitation afterwards, which coincided pinch her maternity leave.

Sciver-Brunt was appointed England skipper past month, soon aft her wife, erstwhile England bowler Katherine, gave commencement to their boy successful March.

"I consciousness these games are really large for us," Edwards told Sky Sports aft England started her and Sciver-Brunt's reign pinch a broad T20 bid cleanable expanse against West Indies.

"We've sewage 9 games earlier nan World Cup starts, truthful a batch of this is astir america getting nan correct equilibrium of team.

"Nat's not bowling this bid and she's astir apt not going to vessel astir of nan summer. We want to make judge she's fresh and firing for nan World Cup.

"Her workloads will commencement successful a fewer weeks. It gives her an opportunity to look astatine different options, truthful we cognize we've sewage that equilibrium if and erstwhile Nat comes back."

England look West Indies successful 3 one-day internationals starting astatine Derby connected Friday, followed by a T20 and an ODI bid against India crossed June and July.

But Edwards and Sciver-Brunt's first awesome duty comes successful nan autumn, pinch India hosting nan 50-over World Cup.

Edwards besides praised nan caller aliases returning faces successful England's T20 squad, including seamers Em Arlott - who made her world debut successful nan first lucifer astatine Canterbury and ended nan bid pinch six wickets - and Issy Wong, who had been retired of nan broadside for a mates of years aft a dip successful form.

Sophie Ecclestone, nan world's number one-ranked bowler, was near retired of nan broadside to regain fittingness aft a knee rumor but her chap left-arm spinner Linsey Smith besides performed well, taking 3 wickets astatine a miserly system of 4.83 crossed nan 3 matches.

"With Em Arlott, we've each seen her successful home cricket and really bully she's been but to travel present and look astatine easiness successful world cricket successful her first fewer games is really pleasing," added Edwards.

"And Linsey Smith is simply a proven performer and astir apt unlucky to beryllium astir astatine nan aforesaid clip arsenic Sophie Ecclestone. She's taken her opportunity pinch some hands and that's each you tin do.

"And Lauren Bell was unbelievable today, you tin spot nan title forming. It's an breathtaking time.

"Mahika Gaur and Kate Cross are coming backmost into nan ODI team. We've abruptly sewage this artillery of accelerated bowlers forming which is going to springiness maine a fewer headaches, but bully headaches."