Meg Lanning

Nationality

Australia

Born

March 25, 1992 (34 years)

-Meg Lanning's inspiration, quite unsurprisingly, is Ricky Ponting <br/> -Lanning always was so good with the studies <br/> -She played for her school boy's team (during her 7th grade) and was the only girl to do that <br/> -Made her debut at the age of 18, won 3 World Cups in her first 4 years of intl cricket <br/> -Lanning, aged 21, became the youngest Australian captain in 2014 <br/> -After 2017 WC semi-final exit, Lanning suffered a shoulder injury <br/> -The injury kept her out of action for nearly 8 months <br/> -Post her return, Lanning said she felt like an outsider in her own team <br/> -Reason? Lanning never got dropped since her debut and lacked the perspective of an outsider <br/> -That experience taught her being empathetic towards her team-mates and improved conversations <br/> -Lanning doesn't believe in planning too much ahead of the game <br/> -After winning gold in CWG (August 2022), Lanning took indefinite break from cricket <br/> -The break helped her reset goals and feel normal after all the incredible highs <br/> -World Cup wins under Lanning's captaincy (2018, 2020, 2023 - T20, 2022 - ODI)