Australia Women’s captain Meg Lanning shocked the world on Thursday by asserting that she is retiring from worldwide cricket with a right away impact. A winner of two ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup trophies and 5 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup titles, Lanning bows out of the sport on the age of 31 having amassed greater than 8000 runs throughout all codecs for her nation. “The decision to step away from international cricket was a difficult one to make, but I feel now is the right time for me,” Lanning mentioned as quoted by ICC.

“I have been incredibly fortunate to enjoy a 13-year international career, but I know now is the right time for me to move on to something new. Team success is why you play the game, I am proud of what I have been able to achieve and will cherish the moments shared with teammates along the way.”

“I would like to thank my family, my teammates, Cricket Victoria, Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association for their support in allowing me to play the game I love at the highest level. I also want to say a huge thank you to all the fans who have supported me throughout my international career,” she concluded.

Lanning’s first ICC title was the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2012 and it was adopted by a 50-over World Cup triumph in India again in 2013.

The ultra-consistent right-hander took the captaincy reins from Jodie Fields in the beginning of 2014 and it was by no means trying again for her from there, as she led her nation with aplomb on 182 events and to 5 ICC titles throughout a golden run for Australia cricket.

Lanning was named ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year in 2014 and the next yr was adjudged the ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year.

More titles adopted for Australia underneath the watchful eye of Lanning and the fearsome chief additionally led her nation to a gold medal on the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Lanning completed her profession with a complete of 17 worldwide centuries, with 15 of these coming in 50-over cricket and a career-best 152 not out in opposition to Sri Lanka in Bristol in 2017. That tally of 15 centuries is probably the most in ladies’s ODI cricket, with New Zealand veteran Suzie Bates her closest rival with 12.

Lanning’s final worldwide match was when she fittingly led her nation to the T20 World Cup title in South Africa earlier this yr.

In six Tests, Lanning scored 345 runs at a median of 31.36, with a finest particular person rating of 93, with two half-centuries.

In 103 ODIs, she scored 4,602 runs at a median of 53.51. Lanning scored 15 centuries and 21 fifties in 102 innings, with the most effective rating of 152*.

Lastly, in 132 T20Is, Lanning scored 3,405 runs in 121 innings at a median of 36.61 and a strike charge of above 116. She scored two centuries and 15 fifties, with the most effective rating of 133 not out.