Meg Lanning is in good kind forward of her return to the Australian cricket crew, hitting her strategy to a half-century in her final knock earlier than the white-ball sequence in opposition to Pakistan.
After the Commonwealth Games in August, 30-year-old Lanning took a five-month break from cricket to concentrate on herself however confirmed final month she could be accessible for the worldwide sequence starting on January 16 in Brisbane.
Lanning had two matches for Victoria’s WNCL aspect this week and managed a good 29 runs opening the batting in her first hit-out in opposition to NSW on Thursday.
In her second, Victoria wanted to tug off a report WNCL run chase after NSW posted 7-283 from their 50 overs.
Lanning solid a 104-run partnership with nationwide teammate Ellyse Perry however on 61 runs, she belted a Hannah Darlington full toss to deep mid wicket, the place she was caught by dependable fielder Erin Burns.
Lanning left the bottom to applause from the Junction Oval crowd.
“I thought Meg was exceptional today,” Perry mentioned at stumps.
“She struck them really well. I thought once she got past that 20 patch, she really just kicked on. Some of the shots she played were really great, free-flowing cricket.
“It’s so good to have her again within the group.”
After Lanning was dismissed, Perry went into overdrive and knocked her second consecutive century.
Having smashed her way to 147 runs on Thursday, Perry finished unbeaten on 130 from 95 deliveries as the Vics chased down NSW’s total with 11.1 overs to spare.
To make issues worse for NSW, younger fast Darlington suffered a suspected leg harm leaping to catch Annabel Sutherland on 30 runs. She fell and limped from the bottom in seen ache.
