Seeing a cheerful Meg Lanning again in cricket and eager to play six weeks out from a T20 World Cup defence received Ellyse Perry pumped earlier than the famous person powered her manner to an enormous hundred for Victoria.
Lanning ended her six-month taking part in absence in Melbourne on Thursday and the Australian captain returned because the “same Meg” after her self-imposed break in response to Perry who blasted 147 in Victoria’s large win over NSW.
While Lanning was out for simply 29, Perry stated the skipper’s smile was extra essential than the runs as she prepares to load up once more with a sequence towards Pakistan earlier than main Australia to the T20 World Cup in South Africa in February.
“Meg is one of the best players in the world, one of the best we’ve ever seen. So, whenever you add someone like that back into your side, it’s great,” Perry stated,
“But I think most importantly, we’re all pumped that she’s keen to be back around playing. She seems really happy and you know, it’s just it’s nice to see Meg back in the cricket world again.
“In the grand scheme of her career, six months out is a very short time. So I don’t think she’s lost anything. We all have to get used to playing matches again, that takes it a bit but besides that, she’s the same Meg.”
Perry blasted 23 boundaries for the Vics in her hundred, her second within the competitors having additionally been the second-leading run-scorer within the WBBL.
Nicole Faltum, who took over the captaincy of the Melbourne Stars when Lanning stepped away, and is filling in for Sophie Molineux as Victorian skipper, additionally blasted her maiden WNCL century within the victory,
While Lanning’s return didn’t include a giant rating, former Australian captain Belinda Clark, talking after a statue of her was unveiled in Sydney, stated there was little question the skipper can be again to her world-conquering greatest after a “brave” resolution to take a break.
“It was brave from Meg to step away when she realised that she needed to step away,” Clark stated.
“You can come back refreshed and I‘m hoping Meg’s got some great cricket in front of her.
“Cricket‘s a game that requires you to be switched on the whole time so I think you’ll see some great Meg Lanning highlights in the next couple of years. She’ll be great.
“I‘m really pleased she’s back.”
Lanning will likely be again in motion for the Vics on Sunday earlier than re-starting her Australian duties for six video games towards Pakistan.
