Australian captain Meg Lanning decided Indefinite leave
The Australia women's cricket team beat India by just 9 runs in the final of the Commonwealth Games 2022 on Sunday. The Australian skipper Meg Lanning decided to take an indefinite break after winning the gold medal at Birmingham.
Lanning, the world's second-ranked T20I batter, has cited personal reasons for his decision, with no return date set. After the conclusion of the recent CWG 2022, she was supposed to appear in The Hundred for the Trent Rockets.
This week, as she leads Australia forward to the knockout stages of a second World Cup, we take a look back at the rise of a batting phenomenon, and peek behind the curtain to find out more about the enigmatic national captain.
There has been a great deal of success for the Australian women's team under Lanning, with the team win...