Australia women’s skipper Meg Lanning breezed into the history books by scoring 126 off just 65 balls, highest individual score in women's T20, during their match against Ireland yesterday. The two-time world champions as a result earned a comfortable 78-run win in their second World Twety20 match.
Lanning became the third woman, and the first Australian, to reach the triple figure in a T20 international and she entertained the Sylhet International Stadium crowd with 18 boundaries and four towering sixes. The previous record was held by South African Shandre Fritz who had scored an unbeaten 116 against Netherlands in 2010.
Riding on Lanning’s ton and opener Delissa Kimmince’s 35, Australia posted a gigantic total of 191/4 as the Irish were restricted to 113/7. Isobel Joyce was the highest scorer for Ireland with 28.
Since making her international debut in 2010, the 22-year-old Lanning scored her maiden ODI century against England in only her second international game making her the country's youngest ever centurion – male or female.
However, the Australian captain said there was nothing on her mind about records while getting closer to the century. “I was not thinking about the records, I was thinking to get us to a biggest total possible,” she said.
