"I want to empower everyone to be the best version of themselves. I want us all to work really hard for each other and the team, and also make smarter decisions and learn from different experiences."
So said Nat Sciver-Brunt as she prepared for her first assignments as England captain - two white-ball series against West Indies.
Six games into her tenure, those wishes appear to be coming true.
As a blockbuster series against India awaits - with Trent Bridge the first stop on the itinerary - we look at the key moments from The Blaze all-rounder's captaincy so far.
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The first T20: performing under pressure
After a chastening winter in Australia, England's women returned to home turf with a point to prove.
This team's ability has never been in question - but, in Australia, their knack for delivering in key moments seemed to elude them.
As Hayley Matthews compiled a fine century in the first IT20 at Canterbury, therefore, there was work to do to ensure this new era got off to a positive start.
Matthews' innings was simply world-class, but England chipped away at the rest of the visitors' line-up, debutant Em Arlott among those to impress.
It left England chasing a below-par total - a scenario that brings its own pressure - but the Three Lions were clinical.
Sophia Dunkley was proactive at the top of the order, light on her feet as she compiled an unbeaten 81 from 56, with England passing their target of of 147 with more than three overs to spare.
The second IT20: a captain's contribution
Sciver-Brunt herself fell for a duck in the first victory under her captaincy.
And while she may have contended afterwards that this was a case of "Happy days, I didn't have to do anything!", a performer of her calibre would be itching to make a personal contribution.
Her opportunity arose in the very next game.
Her attack continued to impress - Arlott proving an inspired selection by the new regime as she took 3/14, including Matthews and West Indian great Stefanie Taylor.
The chase was slight - just 82 required - but that merely allowed Sciver-Brunt to move through the gears.
Fifty came from just 27 balls, with the skipper making an unbeaten 55 as the Three Lions cruised to a series victory.
The One Day Series: an opening partnership to savour
While the selection of Arlott pointed to a new chapter for this England side, one of Sciver-Brunt's most successful moves was to establish a new ODI opening pair featuring two seasoned campaigners.
Tammy Beaumont is long-established as a Three Lions mainstay at the top of the order in Test and 50-over cricket - and her T20 record is enviable, too.
For her The Blaze teammate Amy Jones, opening the batting was a little more unfamiliar.
But she took to her returh to the role - for the first time in an England shirt since 2019 - with aplomb.
A perfectly paced opening partnership - brisk in the opening overs, more considered after the first Powerplay, and explosive in its latter stages - yielded 222 runs.
Jones made 122, and Beaumont 107, as England dominated in Derby.
Sciver-Brunt, of course, made a fifty of her own.
The hosts would win the first ODI by 108 runs - and in the second, Beaumont and Jones simply picked up where they left off.
In the second ODI at Leicester, their opening stand was worth 202; Jones would make 129, and Beaumont 106 as West Indies were swatted aside by 143 runs.
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