NAT SCIVER-BRUNT insisted England are “not at panic stations” despite succumbing to their heaviest T20 defeat by runs after being put to the sword by India stand-in captain Smriti Mandhana.

England started the summer by clean sweeping the West Indies in T20s and ODIs, but Sciver-Brunt and head coach Charlotte Edwards got their first reality check following India’s 97-run victory at Trent Bridge.

Some sloppy mistakes in the field and a largely toothless bowling display allowed India to rack up 210 for five, powered by Mandhana’s majestic 112 off 62 balls, before England were rolled for 113.

The hosts lost eight of their 10 wickets to spin, with debutant Shree Charani claiming four for 12, to go 1-0 down in the five-match series, but Sciver-Brunt was typically phlegmatic in her assessment.

“I won’t change too much about how I go about things,” she said after suffering her first loss as permanent England captain. “My personality is pretty steady, not too many ups and downs.

“That’s the way I go about it, and I’ll make sure the girls know we’re not at panic stations, so they’ve still got that confidence and belief that they can go out there and do it.

“I think everyone will self-reflect on how they did and whether they were in the right mindset with the bat or whether the plan was right with the ball, and it was just the execution [was not right].

“It would be unrealistic to think we’ll win every game, but we’ll pick ourselves back up, review really well and go again in Bristol [in Tuesday’s second T20].”