Ex-Aussie captain Meg Lanning tops The Hundred batting charts in England
Former captain Meg Lanning is the highest run-scorer in The Hundred after another blistering effort.
At 33, and having played her last match for her country in 2023 before a premature retirement that shocked the cricket and sporting world, Lanning continues to show herself to be a batting force.
Playing for the Oval Invincibles, Lanning's latest effort was part of a powerhouse opening partnership that racked up 54 runs off 25 balls, the best powerplay score in the five-year history of the competition.
Meg Lanning is carving up in England. Picture:Lanning smashed six fours in her 19-ball innings of 36 that took her haul in the tournament to 177 runs in just three innings, 20 ahead of big-hitting Aussie Grace Harris, who still plays for Australia.
Since her retirement from the international game, Lanning has continued to plunder runs for Victoria as well as dominate the Indian Premier League, where she's the third highest run-scorer in the tournament's history.
All those runs have come against international-calibre bowlers, making it clear she would still be a batting force for Australia.
Lanning's retirement sparked a regeneration of the Australian team, and superstar all-rounder Sutherland has been a major beneficiary.
The 23-year-old has netted centuries at Test and ODI level and continues to star with the ball.
Sutherland has also been a beneficiary of a quirk of the International Cricket Council's rankings system, being elevated to the No.1 T20 bowling ranking despite not playing an international T20 since she took a four-wicket haul against New Zealand in March.
But her rating of 736 remains unchanged, as a group of bowlers near the top of the rankings lost points across the last week.
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