Meg Lanning creates world record by winning Womens T20 World Cup title

By Akshay - February 27, 2023 10:52 AM

Meg Lanning-led Australian team (AUS W vs SA W) won the title by defeating South Africa by 19 runs in the final match of the Women's T20 World Cup. In this match, Meg Lanning broke a big record of Ricky Ponting.

AU-W vs SA-W

Meg Lanning-led Australian team (AUS W vs SA W) won the title by defeating South Africa by 19 runs in the final match of the Women's T20 World Cup. In the final match, Beth Mooney played an unbeaten inning of 74 runs and contributed significantly to the Kangaroos team scoring a score of 156 runs.

In response, the hosts South Africa could only manage 127 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs and Australia captured the trophy of the tournament for the sixth time. In this match, captain Meg Lanning also broke a big record of Ricky Ponting, one of Australia's most successful captains.

Meg Lanning breaks Ricky Ponting's big record after winning Champions Trophy

In fact, under the captaincy of Meg Lanning, the Australian team won the T20 World Cup 2023 title. With this title, Australia completed the title hat-trick. Let us tell you that in the years 2018, 2020 and 2023, under the captaincy of Meg Lanning, the Kangaroo team won the T20 World Cup title.

This was Meg Lanning's 7th World Cup as a player. In the final match against South Africa, Australia won by 19 runs and with this, she also became the captain to win the most ICC trophies as captain.

It is not just about women's cricket, but overall across the world Meg Lanning is now the captain with the most ICC trophy wins. The Australian team achieved this feat for the fifth time under his captaincy. At the same time, he has left behind Ricky Ponting, the most successful captain who won the ICC title to the men's Australian team 4 times under his captaincy.

Lanning has won 5 events so far. Under his captaincy, Australia won 4 T20 World Cups and one ODI World Cup. At the same time, Ponting gave Australia 4 ICC trophies during his career. Under his captaincy, the Kangaroo team won two ODI World Cups and two ICC Champions Trophies.

Most ICC trophies as captain

1. Meg Lanning - 5

2. Ricky Ponting - 4

3. MS Dhoni - 3