ENGLAND all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt believes pregnancy in sport is uncharted territory.

Sciver-Brunt revealed on the Under the Lid podcast — co-hosted by wife and former England international Katherine — that she missed England’s first IT20 match against Pakistan to undergo egg-freezing treatment.

The 31-year-old had the procedure in between the conclusion of England’s tour of New Zealand in April and the start of the Pakistan series in May and she believes it has sparked conversations within the England team.

Sciver-Brunt told the PA news agency: “It’s a bit of a weird procedure to go through, but one that I really wanted to do.

“I guess in terms of sharing it, even as an England side we don’t really talk about fertility and that sort of stuff that much.

“Actually just sparking conversations in our side has been really good. I didn’t really think about it for ages whilst I was playing — you’re playing cricket and then you’ll think about life afterwards, afterwards.

“I didn’t really have anything to hide, I just wanted to speak about it and have more people talking about it in international cricket.

“I think it’s important if people do want to start families. Not everyone will which is absolutely fine.

“There’s more people in the last year that I’ve heard about in different sports, that either their provision for families around women’s sport to have babies, or teams and clubs are doing everything they can so the person who’s had the baby — or their partner — has that peace of mind that they can head back to training or perform for the team or the club without having to worry about if their child’s all right or if the person looking after them have they got everything they need.”

After securing an ODI and T20 series victory against Pakistan, Sciver-Brunt is back under way with England as they begin their white-ball series against New Zealand in Chester-Le-Street next week.