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Meg Lanning, who led the Australian women’s cricket team to five World Cup triumphs, shocked the cricketing community by bidding adieu to international game on Thursday, 9 November.
Apart from being Australia’s most successful captain, Lanning is regarded as one of the finest batters that the country has ever produced. The 31-year-old represented Australia in 241 matches — 103 one-day internationals, 132 Twenty20 internationals and 6 Tests. After announcing her retirement, Lanning revealed that she would continue to feature in domestic cricket in her home country and possibly in India.
Emotional scenes at the MCG as Meg Lanning reflects on a peerless 13-year career in international cricket 🥺 pic.twitter.com/MCdkQcHGXI
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 9, 2023
Lanning not only enjoyed success with the team but also broke several individual records during her illustrious career since 2010. Let’s take a look at them:
— Meg Lanning wrapped up her career as the highest run-scorer for Australia in women’s internationals. She has aggregated a total of 4,602 runs in the ODI format at an exceptional average of 53.51. Lanning also has 3,405 T20I runs under her belt and has scored 365 runs in the longest format. She is also the fifth-highest run-getter in the history of women’s cricket with 8,594 runs across formats. — Lanning has smashed as many as 17 centuries during her international career and it is also a record in women’s internationals. Fifteen of those hundreds came in the 50-over format, which is also the most by any women’s cricketer. New Zealand’s Suzie Bates is the only other player to score ten or more tons in WODIs. — Lanning is the only captain in the history of cricket to secure more than two World Cups. She was the Australian captain during the T20 World Cup triumphs in 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2023. She also captained the Australian side which won the 2022 ODI World Cup. — Lanning scripted history after winning 24 consecutive ODIs as the Australian captain between 2018 and 2021. It is the longest winning streak by any skipper in cricket history. Lanning also owns the record for registering the most successive wins (21) in international cricket. — She has smashed the most number of centuries as a female captain across all three formats, breaching the triple-figure mark 13 times. Having racked up 6,409 runs as a leader, Lanning is third on the list of overall runs scored by a captain in women’s cricket, following Charlotte Edwards (6,728) and Mithali Raj (6,546). — Lanning slammed the fastest ODI century in women’s cricket during a match against New Zealand in 2012. She took only 45 balls to reach the ton. — Lanning was recognised as a chase expert during her career. Ten of her 15 ODI hundreds came while chasing a target and it is the most by any female player.
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