Meg Lanning Height, Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More 2024

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Age: 31 Years

Marital Status: Unmarried

Height: 5′ 7″

Some Lesser Known Facts About Meg Lanning

Meg Lanning is an Australian cricketer who has captained them to win many World Cups. She has set many data for Australia in the course of the course of her profession. She is considered top-of-the-line girls gamers of all time.

She began taking part in cricket at Warrawee Public School after her family moved to the Thornleigh suburb of Sydney on the age of ten.

A childhood picture of Meg Lanning

At the age of 11, she moved to the Kew suburb of Melbourne alongside together with her family.

She later began finding out at Carey Baptist Grammar School, the place she turned the primary lady participant to play for the college’s XI crew.

She began taking part in in Australian home cricket within the 2008 season and have become their captain in 2014. Her first century in home cricket got here on 29 October 2011, when she scored 127 runs towards Queensland Fire. She scored 175 runs towards ACT Meteors on 10 November 2012 which turned the very best particular person rating in WNCL. She surpassed her personal report of highest rating by making 190 runs towards Tasmania on 29 October 2016.

She has two double centuries within the Victorian Women’s Cricket Association for Box Hill, scoring 241 runs and 244 runs.

Her first check fifty got here in 2019 when she made 57 runs towards England. She made 93 runs in a check match towards England in January 2022.

She made her first ODI century by scoring 104 runs towards England in her second ODI match on 7 January 2011. She scored a number of centuries in the midst of her profession.

She performed in 7 matches within the 2013 ODI World Cup held in India and made 226 runs at a mean of 32.29. She made a century in a group-stage match towards New Zealand and a helpful knock of 31 runs to assist Australia win the event.

She performed in 6 matches within the 2017 ODI World Cup held in England and made 330 runs at a mean of 55. She scored 152 runs towards Sri Lanka in a bunch stage match and acquired out on a duck within the ultimate match after which Australia misplaced the match.

She performed in 9 matches within the 2022 ODI World Cup held in New Zealand and made 294 runs at a mean of 32.67. She scored 135 runs towards South Africa in a group-stage match. and captained them to clinch the trophy.

She made her second T20I century by scoring 133 runs towards England on 26 July 2019. She made her first T20I half-century by scoring 76 runs towards New Zealand on 22 January 2013.

She has received 5 T20 World Cups out of the six T20 World Cups she has performed in from 2012 to 2023 besides in 2016.

She performed in 5 matches within the 2012 T20 World Cup held in Sri Lanka and made 138 runs at a mean of 27.6. She scored 25 runs within the ultimate match towards England in Colombo.

She performed in 6 matches within the 2014 T20 World Cup held in Bangladesh and made 257 runs at a mean of 42.83. She made her first T20I century by making 126 runs towards Ireland.

She performed in 6 matches within the 2016 T20 World Cup held in India and made 201 runs at a mean of 33.5. She performed 3 innings of fifty-plus scores and made 52 runs within the ultimate match towards West Indies, which West Indies chased down and received the 2016 T20 World Cup.

She performed in 6 matches within the 2018 T20 World Cup held in West Indies and made 138 runs at a mean of 19.17. She scored 28 runs within the ultimate match towards England.

She performed in 6 matches within the 2020 T20 World Cup held in Australia and made 132 runs at a mean of twenty-two. She scored 49 runs within the semi-final match towards South Africa and 16 runs within the ultimate match towards India.

She performed in 6 matches within the 2023 T20 World Cup held in South Africa and made 149 runs at a mean of 24.83. She performed a knock of 49 runs not out within the semi-final towards India and 10 runs within the ultimate match towards South Africa.

Meg Lanning holding the trophy of the 2023 T20 World Cup

She led the Australian crew to win the gold medal within the T20 event on the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

She took a break from cricket in August 2022 for five months. She mentioned that she was unable to carry out on the highest ranges attributable to exhaustion from taking part in cricket and wanted the break for private causes. She travelled to varied cities and likewise labored as a waiter at an area cafe.

She was signed up by Melbourne Stars for the inaugural season of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) within the 2015-16 season. She later signed up with Perth Scorchers for the 2017-18 season. She once more signed up with Melbourne Stars for the 2020-21 season.