Meg Lanning

Meg Lanning

Lanning batting for Melbourne Stars during WBBL02.
Personal information
Full name	Meghann Moira Lanning
Born	(1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 25) Singapore
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium-fast
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut	11 August 2013 v England
Last Test	11 August 2015 v England
ODI debut (cap 32)	5 January 2011 v England
Last ODI	27 July 2015 v England
ODI shirt no.	17
T20I debut	30 December 2010 v New Zealand
Last T20I	31 August 2015 v England
T20I shirt no.	17
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007/08–	Victorian Spirit
2015–	Melbourne Stars
Career statistics
Competition WTests WODI WT20I WNCL Matches 3 44 58 34 Runs scored 107 1997 1604 1353 Batting average 17.83 48.70 31.45 46.65 100s/50s 0/0 10/9 1/10 4/6 Top score 48 135* 126 190 Balls bowled 48 114 24 120 Wickets 0 1 2 1 Bowling average – 93.00 11.00 – 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a – Best bowling – 1/30 1/11 1/30 Catches/stumpings 2/– 19/– 19/– 11/–
Source: CricketArchive, 23 February 2016

Meghann Moira "Meg" Lanning (born 25 March 1992) is an Australian cricketer. An opening batsman, she is captain and a current member of the Australian women's cricket team and the Victorian Spirit. She is the older sister of Anna Lanning, born exactly 2 years before her.

She made her debut for the Victorian Spirit on 6 December 2008 against the South Australian Scorpions, scoring 3 runs as Victoria won by 45 runs. She played 3 more games that season as Victoria went on to lose against New South Wales in the Grand Final. In the 2009/10 season, she played in 6 of the T20 games for Victoria, her highlight being 52 not out against Tasmania. She then had a breakthrough 2010/11 season which culminated in her producing a man-of-the-match performance of 74 runs off 62 balls in the WT20 Grand Final against New South Wales to lead Victoria to the title.

She hit her first century for Victoria on 29 October 2011, making 127 off 123 balls against the Queensland Fire. She had an impressive 2011/12 domestic season, with a batting average of 48 in WNCL matches and 37.36 in WT20 matches. Thanks to this impressive form, Lanning collected both the Sharon Tredrea Trophy and the Cathryn Fitzpatrick Award as the WNCL and Women's T20 Player of the Year for the Victorian Spirit, whilst also being named the Women's National Cricket League T20 Player of the Year.

On 10 November 2012, Lanning broke the record for the highest individual score in the Women's National Cricket League, smashing 175 from 142 balls against the ACT Meteors, easily surpassing the previous record set by Karen Rolton of 173. She then surpassed her own record by scoring 190 runs in mere 153 balls against Tasmania Women on 29th october 2016. Eight days after posting this record, she then smashed 241 not out off 136 balls for Box Hill Cricket Club in the Victorian Women's Cricket Association, the highest individual score in Women's Premier First's Cricket.

Lanning made her T20 International debut on 30 December 2010 against New Zealand in the Rose Bowl tournament, scoring 10 runs as Australia beat New Zealand by 4 wickets. She then made her One-Day International debut on 5 January 2011 against England at the WACA Ground, and opened the batting, making 20 runs before being caught.