Meg Lanning has heaped the blame on herself for not with the ability to maintain her exceptional successful streak going with the Delhi Capitals within the Women’s Premier League.
Australia’s captain has been one of many particular person stand-outs thus far within the groundbreaking Indian event and one other innings of 43 towards Mumbai Indians on Thursday solely elevated her lead as the highest run-scorer within the competitors.
But scolding herself for scoring too slowly, Lanning believed her sluggishness whereas opening the batting for Delhi set the tone for his or her depressing day as they misplaced their unbeaten file to league leaders Mumbai in a complete eight-wicket loss.
It meant the top of an excellent run of success for the 30-year-old recognized all through the sport as ‘the megastar’ as Lanning lastly misplaced after eight straight victories over the previous month which had included her main her nation to the T20 World Cup title once more in South Africa.
Having gained the toss and elected to bat, Lanning, who had scored a quickfire 72 and 70 in Delhi’s first two wins, could not discover the identical rhythm initially of the innings as wickets tumbled round her.
Much rested on her as she struggled to 43 off 41 balls, together with 5 fours, however then successfully ruined all of the onerous work by slapping a half-volley off Saika Ishaque straight to India’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur at further cowl.
Delhi went on to break down to 105 all out, leaving Mumbai to ease their approach to a 3rd straight victory on 2-109 with 5 overs to spare.
“Unfortunately, at the back end of the innings, we couldn’t put the partnerships together – and I’ll take a lot of blame for that,” stated Lanning on the post-match presentation.
“I took up some balls early and then got out at the crucial time, which was disappointing. We needed a set batter to see us through to the back end and that was the difference really.
“There’s a lot of issues to work on … typically, it does not go your means.”
Having compiled 185 runs so far, though – 29 more than the next best, Mumbai’s West Indian star Hayley Matthews – Lanning gets to wear the ‘orange cap’, the prize for the tournament’s leading scorer.
But asked whether she felt orange suited her, Lanning sounded a mite embarrassed as she smiled: “I really feel a bit foolish sporting it to be sincere with you…”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
