Aussie Lanning retires ending 13-year Cricket career

Australia captain Meg Lanning has announced her international retirement, saying she no longer has the “spark to do what needs to happen at this level”.

As captain, Lanning led Australia to 50-over World Cup glory in 2022 and also won four T20 World Cups and Commonwealth Games gold.

She is the second-highest run-scorer in women’s T20 internationals.

“I feel like now I’ve got nothing left to achieve on the international stage,” Lanning, 31, said.

Lanning made her international debut in 2010 aged 18 and became the youngest Australian to make a century with her unbeaten 103 against England in a one-day international.

She was part of the Australia side who won the T20 World Cup in 2012 and the 50-over title in 2013 before being appointed captain in February 2014, aged just 21.

“I no longer have the spark or the motivation to do what needs to happen at this level and so for me it is time to move on,” said Lanning.

“I can’t be half-in or half-out with anything and I guess that’s where I’ve landed with this decision. BBC

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