Stats: Meg Lanning’s Women T20 World Cup titles as a captain sets up high bar for others

Meg Lanning led Australia Women to victory in 76 matches, setting a record in Twenty20 Internationals (Men’s or Women’s); along with Harmanpreet Kaur, she has captained the team in 100 games, which is a record.

Meg Lanning led Australia Women to victory in 76 matches, setting a record in Twenty20 Internationals (Men’s or Women’s). Along with Harmanpreet Kaur, she has captained the team in 100 games, which is a record. Her incredible win-loss ratio of 4.22 completes the picture of her record.

Most matches as captain in Women’s T20Is

Player                         Mat Won Lost Tied NR W/L

Meg Lanning             100 76 18 1 5 4.22

Harmanpreet Kaur 100 57 38 1 4 1.5

Charlotte Edwards 93 68 23 1 1 2.95

Chamari Athapaththu 76 28 47 0 1 0.59

Merissa Aguilleira 73 39 29 3 2 1.34

Heather Knight 71 52 17 1 1 3.05

4- Meg Lanning’s titles in the Women’s T20 World Cup as captain set a world record; no other captain, male or female, has accomplished that feat more than twice. 

In her playing career, she participated in five Women’s T20 World Cup finals, the joint second-most alongside teammate Ellyse Perry, and only surpassed by wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy (6). 

To crown off an incredible tenure as T20I captain, Lanning also guided Australia to a Gold Medal finish at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last year.

Australia won 16 consecutive T20 Internationals (T20Is) under Meg Lanning from 25 March 2014 to 22 August 2015, setting a record until Thailand Women beat the mark from July 2018 to August 2019.

8.62 – Lanning captained Australia to 69 victories in 78 ODI matches, a win-loss ratio that is hardly credible. The only person to lead Australian women in more ODIs (101) was Belinda Clark.

Most matches as a Women’s ODI captain

Player                         Mat Won Lost Tied NR W/L

Mithali Raj             155 89 63 0 3 1.41

Charlotte Edwards 117 72 38 0 7 1.89

Belinda Clark 101 83 17 0 1 4.88

Heather Knight 79 53 24 0 2 2.2

Meg Lanning           78 69 8 1 0 8.62

Suzie Bates           76 40 35 0 1 1.14

Lanning also participated in two Australian Women’s World Cup victories; she won the first one as a player in India in 2013 and then captained the team to their seventh championship in the most recent tournament held in New Zealand last year.

Highest batting averages in Women’s ODIs (min. 4000 runs)

Player                         Mat Inns Runs Avg 100 50 HS

Meg Lanning             103 102 4602 53.51 15 21 152*

Mithali Raj             232 211 7805 50.68 7 64 125*

Karen Rolton             141 132 4814 48.14 8 33 154*

Belinda Clark             118 114 4844 47.49 5 30 229*

Stafanie Taylor 154 148 5519 43.8 7 40 171

Debbie Hockley 118 115 4064 41.89 4 34 117

Suzie Bates             154 148 5383 40.78 12 32 168Claire Taylor             126 120 4101 40.2 8 23 156*