Meg Lanning
Overview
Meg Lanning
-Meg Lanning's inspiration, quite unsurprisingly, is Ricky Ponting
-Lanning always was so good with the studies
-She played for her school boy's team (during her 7th grade) and was the only girl to do that
-Made her debut at the age of 18, won 3 World Cups in her first 4 years of intl cricket
-Lanning, aged 21, became the youngest Australian captain in 2014
-After 2017 WC semi-final exit, Lanning suffered a shoulder injury
-The injury kept her out of action for nearly 8 months
-Post her return, Lanning said she felt like an outsider in her own team
-Reason? Lanning never got dropped since her debut and lacked the perspective of an outsider
-That experience taught her being empathetic towards her team-mates and improved conversations
-Lanning doesn't believe in planning too much ahead of the game
-After winning gold in CWG (August 2022), Lanning took indefinite break from cricket
-The break helped her reset goals and feel normal after all the incredible highs
-World Cup wins under Lanning's captaincy (2018, 2020, 2023 - T20, 2022 - ODI)
Recent Batting
| Score | Opp | Format | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0(5) | DURW | T20I | 03 Jul 26 |
| 0(1) | DCW | T20 | 01 Feb 26 |
| 41(30) | RCBW | T20 | 29 Jan 26 |
| 14(10) | GGTW | T20 | 22 Jan 26 |
| 70(45) | MIW | T20 | 17 Jan 26 |
Recent Bowling
| Wickets | Opp | Format | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-17 | NZW | T20I | 01 Mar 16 |
| 0-21 | INDW | ODI | 05 Feb 16 |
| 1-11 | ENGW | T20I | 31 Aug 15 |
| 0-2 & 0-1 | ENGW | Test | 11 Aug 15 |
| 0-14 | PAKW | ODI | 26 Aug 14 |
Stats
Career by format
international & domestic formatsFranchise & T20 leagues
club competitionsⓘ Career figures cover the formats we track (Test, ODI, T20I, first-class, List A) plus the franchise leagues shown above.
Full statistics tables
Batting
| Test | ODI | T20 | WPL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 6 | 104 | 133 | 35 |
| Innings | 12 | 102 | 122 | 35 |
| Runs | 345 | 4602 | 3405 | 1200 |
| Balls | 774 | 4990 | 2931 | 947 |
| Highest | 93 | 152 | 133 | 92 |
| Average | 31.36 | 53.51 | 36.22 | 37.5 |
| SR | 44.58 | 92.23 | 116.18 | 126.72 |
| Not Out | 1 | 16 | 28 | 3 |
| Fours | 51 | 572 | 405 | 179 |
| Sixes | 0 | 40 | 47 | 16 |
| Ducks | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 50s | 2 | 21 | 15 | 11 |
| 100s | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 200s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 300s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 400s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Test | ODI | T20 | WPL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 6 | 104 | 133 | 35 |
| Innings | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Balls | 48 | 132 | 36 | 0 |
| Runs | 10 | 114 | 39 | 0 |
| Maidens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wickets | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Avg | 0.0 | 114.0 | 9.75 | 0.0 |
| Eco | 1.25 | 5.18 | 6.5 | 0 |
| SR | 0.0 | 132.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| BBI | 0/1 | 1/30 | 2/17 | -/- |
| BBM | 0/3 | 1/30 | 2/17 | -/- |
| 4w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10w | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matches
| Match | Format | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYSW v MLSW 18th Match · T20 Spring Challenge 2026 | T20 | Melbourne Stars Women won by 5 wkts | 18 Oct 2026 |
| ACTW v MLSW 13th Match · T20 Spring Challenge 2026 | T20 | Melbourne Stars Women won by 4 wkts | 17 Oct 2026 |
| MLRW v MLSW 8th Match · T20 Spring Challenge 2026 | T20 | Melbourne Renegades Women won by 1 run | 14 Oct 2026 |
| MLSW v SYTW 4th Match · T20 Spring Challenge 2026 | T20 | Sydney Thunder Women won by 7 wkts | 12 Oct 2026 |
| BTW v JEW 5th Match · Womens Caribbean Premier League 2026 | T20 | Barbados Tridents Women won by 3 runs | 12 Sep 2026 |
Career
Matches by format
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