Meg Lanning announces her retirement from international cricket, having designed Australia's hegemonic supremacy

 Meg Lanning announces her retirement from international cricket, having designed Australia's hegemonic supremacy

Under Lanning's direction, Australia won five of the seven titles.

Australia's all-conquering cricket for females team captain, Meg Lanning, announced her retirement from international cricket on Thursday. Over the course of her 13-year career, Lanning has won seven global championships. Under Lanning's direction, Australia won five of the seven titles.

With 8352 runs in 241 games (six Tests, 103 ODIs, and 132 T20s), the 31-year-old is also Australia's top run scorer across all forms. He also guided Australia to a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games last year. Lanning, nevertheless, plans to keep participating in T20 competitions throughout the globe.

"The decision to step in opposition to international cricket had been a difficult one to make, but I feel now is a suitable time for me," Lanning said in a statement.

"I've had the incredible good fortune to work internationally for 13 years, but I feel that it's time for me to move on to something new at this moment.

"Team success is why you practice the game, I'm proud of what I have been capable of able to achieve and am going to treasure the moments shared with teammates along the way." Australia's success under Lanning's ten-year tenure is comparable to the men's team's unbeaten streak in the early 2000s.

The team's captain in Lanning's absence, Alyssa Healy, may take the helm for the multiformat tour of India the following month. Having missed the England, Ireland, and home series against the West Indies earlier this year owing to an unknown medical condition, Lanning's retirement was not exactly unexpected.

at 2022, she had also taken a six-month sabbatical while working as a barista at a Melbourne café. "I've come to the realisation that I've probably made an effort to convince myself a little bit over the last 18 months why I should keep performing and what it is that I want to achieve," Lanning said.

"I'm not capable of doing tasks halfway through. I've been battling to figure all that out for a little while. Nevertheless, this became evident, especially in the last few days, that this was the appropriate decision and something I was prepared for. Lanning, who will continue to play domestic cricket, said, " Ever since I made the decision I've certainly felt something of a relieved, I guess, to have make a call and be a little bit clearer with regard to what the next little bit looks like."

In 2010, the cricket player from Singapore made her debut on the international scene against New Zealand. She made history in 2011 at the WACA stadium in Perth when, at the age of 18, she scored an international century with a 104 not out against England, their bitter rivals.

In the following year, she achieved the fastest-ever Australian ODI century off 45 balls against New Zealand. In the current World Cup in India, Glenn Maxwell broke her record defeating the Netherlands with a 40-ball century.

At the age of 21, she was appointed captain first as a temporary measure until she was made captain full-time in 2014. One of the occasional bad points of Lanning's incredible World Cup leadership run was the unexpected loss to India in the quarterfinals.

"On behalf of Australian Cricket, which was I would like to congratulate Meg on her incredible career being an Australian cricketer and all she is accomplishing as captain of the Australian women's cricket team," Nick Hockley, CEO of Cricket Australia, stated. "Meg is one of the best cricket players Australia has ever produced; her outstanding feats at the bat are matched by her motivating leadership.

"As one of the best players throughout the world over an extended amount of time, Meg has made a tremendous contribution and led a generation which has helped revolutionise the game."