Meghann Moira Lanning was born on 25 March 1992 and is an Australian cricketer who currently captains the national women's team.
53 Facts About Meg Lanning
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Meg Lanning holds the record for the most Women's One Day International centuries and is the first Australian to score 2,000 Twenty20 International runs.
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Domestically, Meg Lanning plays for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League and the Melbourne Stars in the Women's Big Bash League.
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Meg Lanning is the captain of the Delhi Capitals in the Women's Premier League.
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Meg Lanning was born in Singapore to father Wayne, a banker, and mother Sue.
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Meg Lanning began playing organised cricket at the age of ten, following a suggestion from her teacher to try out for a regional team.
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Meg Lanning went on to represent New South Wales at primary school level alongside several future Australian team mates, including Ellyse Perry.
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Ahead of her first year at high school, Meg Lanning's family uprooted again, moving to the Melbourne suburb of Kew.
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In 2021, Meg Lanning was awarded the Carey Medal, which is presented annually to a past or present student, staff member or parent in "recognition of exceptional and outstanding service to the wider community".
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Meg Lanning has a Bachelor's degree in Exercise and Health Science from the Australian Catholic University.
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Meg Lanning made her international cricket debut on 30 December 2010 in a T20I against New Zealand at Saxton Oval, scoring ten runs in a four-wicket victory.
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Meg Lanning then played in her first ODI on 5 January 2011 against England at the WACA Ground, scoring 20 in a 33-run victory.
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Two days later, Meg Lanning scored her maiden ODI century, making 103 not out off 118 balls to help Australia defeat England by nine wickets.
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At the 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Meg Lanning was the third-highest run-scorer with 138 across five innings.
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Meg Lanning made 25 off 24 balls against England in the final which Australia went on to win by four runs.
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Meg Lanning contributed 31 from 41 in the final against the West Indies, which Australia won by 114 runs to be crowned 50-over world champions.
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Meg Lanning was run out for 48 in the first innings and made 38 in the second.
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Meg Lanning scored 78 not out from 54 balls in a T20I at Bellerive Oval, although England would go on to win the match by nine wickets and consequently clinch the series.
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In February 2014, Meg Lanning was appointed as the full-time captain of Australia's T20 team.
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At the 2014 World Twenty20, Meg Lanning was the tournament's top run-scorer, compiling 257 across six innings.
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Meg Lanning was confirmed as the national team's captain for all three forms of the game in June 2014.
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Meg Lanning followed up with another strong performance in the following match, scoring 85 off 89 to help defeat England by 89 runs.
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On 21 March 2016, Meg Lanning was dismissed without scoring for the first time in a Twenty20 International, setting a record for most T20I innings before registering a duck.
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Meg Lanning would go on to sit out of group stage matches against Pakistan and South Africa.
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Meg Lanning made her return to international cricket on a tour of India in March 2018, during which she became the second-fastest woman to reach 3,000 runs in ODIs and the first Australian to score 2,000 runs in T20Is.
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At the 2018 World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies, Meg Lanning scored 28 not out in the final against England and hit the winning run to secure another championship for Australia.
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Meg Lanning played two key innings for Australia at the 2020 Women's T20 World Cup.
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Meg Lanning made 49 not out in a rain-affected encounter to help defeat South Africa by five runs.
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Meg Lanning's team went on to defeat India in the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground by 85 runs, consequently placing her alongside Lyn Larsen and Michael Clarke as the only Australian cricketers to captain a World Cup title win on home soil.
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In November 2020, Meg Lanning was nominated for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for ICC Female Cricketer of the Decade, and the awards for women's ODI and T20I cricketer of the decade.
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On 4 April 2021, Meg Lanning led Australia in a six-wicket victory against New Zealand, marking the team's world record-breaking 22nd ODI win in a row.
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Meg Lanning managed a new highest Test score, but fell short of a maiden red ball century as she was dismissed for 93 in the first innings.
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Meg Lanning began the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup with an innings of 86, and a second-wicket partnership of 196 alongside Rachael Haynes, in a twelve-run victory against England at Seddon Park.
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Meg Lanning went on to score 97 against India and 135 not out against South Africa, while Australia progressed through the group stage of the tournament undefeated.
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Meg Lanning proceeded to score 36 not out from 21 balls with the bat, securing a comfortable win in the ninth over of the run chase.
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Meg Lanning made her international cricket return against Pakistan in January 2023.
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Meg Lanning has captained Victoria since 2014 and is yet to play in a Women's National Cricket League championship-winning team despite consistently being a standout performer.
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Meg Lanning made her debut on 6 December 2008, scoring three runs in a win against the South Australian Scorpions.
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Meg Lanning recorded her first WNCL century on 29 October 2011, making 127 off 123 balls against the Queensland Fire.
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Meg Lanning has since won the same award on five more occasions.
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On 10 November 2012, Meg Lanning broke the record for the highest individual WNCL score, making 175 from 143 balls against the ACT Meteors, surpassing the previous record of 173 set by Karen Rolton.
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On 29 October 2016, Meg Lanning surpassed her own WNCL record by scoring 190 runs off 153 balls against Tasmania.
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At the official Women's Big Bash League launch on 10 July 2015, Meg Lanning was unveiled as the Melbourne Stars' first-ever player signing and captain.
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Meg Lanning was the leading run-scorer in the inaugural season, compiling 560 at an average of 56.00, and was named Player of the Tournament.
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Meg Lanning nevertheless "hit a rich run of form" late in the tournament, managing 389 runs at an average of 48.62, but her team fell less than a game short of qualifying for finals.
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Meg Lanning recorded her first WBBL century on 1 December 2019 in a 35-run win over the Hobart Hurricanes.
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In June 2020, Meg Lanning flagged the possibility of an imminent WBBL homecoming.
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Meg Lanning was named the team's captain for the inaugural WPL season.
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Meg Lanning was the leading run-scorer of the tournament, amassing 345 runs in nine innings to win the Orange Cap.
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Meg Lanning holds the record for the most Women's ODI centuries, having surpassed Charlotte Edwards' tally of nine on 5 March 2017 against New Zealand at Bay Oval.
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Meg Lanning has a strong interest in a variety of other sports, representing Victoria in hockey at junior level as well as supporting the Sydney Swans in Australian rules football.
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The fourth of five children, Meg Lanning has been a member of top-level domestic cricket teams alongside her younger sister, Anna.
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Meg Lanning returned to international cricket in January 2023, for a bilateral series against Pakistan.