Meg Lanning has announced her retirement from international cricket bowing out as one of the game’s brightest stars.
Meg Lanning has announced she is hanging up the baggy green after a stellar 13-year career playing more than 240 international matches.
Meg Lanning retires from international cricket after 241 games and with seven World Cups to her name. Picture: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images Fittingly her final match for Australia was the final in front of a packed crowd in Cape Town, South Africa. “I'd like to thank my family, my teammates, Cricket Victoria, Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association for their support to allow me to play the game I love at the highest level.
Lanning played in Australia’s 2012 T20 and 2013 ODI World Cup triumphs and was first named captain in January 2014 when she filed in for the injured Jodie Fields.
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