Meg Lanning

Naturally aggressive with the bat and a fine leader of her team, it is scary to even consider that, at just 27 years old, 'Megastar' Lanning still has plenty left in the tank

The Cricketer | 24/01/2020 at 09:55

Born: March 25, 1992

Role: Right-hand bat, right-arm medium

The first female to play first team cricket for a public school when she represented Carey Grammar in 2006 as a 14-year-old, the Australia captain’s trajectory has only continued in an upward motion.

Fourteen years on, the right-hander is – in the eyes of many – the greatest batsman the women’s game has ever seen.

An ODI debut followed her early promise in 2011, becoming the youngest Australian cricketer – male or female – to record an international hundred, doing so against England in just her second game.

Since replacing Jodie Fields as captain of her country while just 21 years of age, Lanning has led her side to multiple global T20 crowns, while playing a key role in a comprehensive Ashes victory in England in 2019.

At Chelmsford during that series, she broke her own record for the highest women’s T20I score of all time, making an unbeaten 133 – seven runs past her previous effort of 126 against Ireland during the 2014 World T20.

That record, however, was short-lived as Alyssa Healy moved past her just three months later.

Naturally aggressive with the bat and a fine leader of her team, it is scary to even consider that, at just 27 years old, ‘Megastar’ Lanning still has plenty left in the tank.

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