Meg Lanning is the most successful captain in the history of Women’s Cricket. In the Women’s T20 World Cup final match versus South Africa in Cape Town, Australia’s Meg Lanning became the first cricketer to captain a side in 100 T20 Internationals.
Lanning, 30, has guided Australia to three of its five T20 World Cup victories (in 2014, 2018, and 2020). Australia has won 75 T20Is overall when she has served as captain.
She has led from the front and shown the quality of being a leader. The DC skipper admitted that she would take the blame for the loss against Mumbai Indians as she slowed down which resulted in the team not getting a competitive total.
Meg Lanning spoke at the post-match ceremony
“To be honest, we were actually in very similar positions in the 12-over mark,” she said at the post-match presentation ceremony. “And unfortunately in the innings, we just couldn’t put partnerships together. I’ll take a lot of the blame for that. I think I took up some balls early and then got out at a crucial time which was disappointing.
“We needed a set batter to get us through towards the back end. So that was a difference really, you know, lots of stuff to work on. I thought Mumbai bought excellently and that’s the game sometimes it doesn’t go your way,” the DC skipper added.
Lanning said that she feels silly wearing the Orange Cap.
“Ooooh, I feel like a bit silly wearing this to be honest with you. Yeah, look, hopefully, I can keep contributing. And you know, we’ve got a few more wins in us,” she continued.
In their first game, Lanning scored an incredible 72 off just 43 balls against the RCB. She contributed to Delhi’s victory in the second game by scoring 70 runs off of 42 balls. She hit another significant 43-run knock today. Lanning currently owns the orange hat as the participant with the most runs scored in the tournament with 185 runs after two half-centuries.
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