Meg Lanning hoping to get third time lucky with the Capitals ahead of the start of the Third season of WPL.
Meg Lanning seeks WPL glory without ‘changing too much’ at Delhi Capitals.
Two top-of-the-table finishes in two seasons. No trophies, but two finals. Before losing to the Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the finals of the WPL 2023 and 2024, respectively, the Delhi Capitals (DC) came very close to winning the championship. But according to captain Meg Lanning, the team just needs to make “a few little changes” and keep doing what they have been doing for the past two seasons in order to advance and win the championship in 2025.
“We’ve had two good seasons without obviously being able to finish it off the way we would have liked in winning the title,” Lanning said. “I guess the key for us is maintaining what we’ve been doing well. We think we have been playing some really good cricket, and doing a lot of things right. We’re just evolving and making a few little changes here and there that we think will make a big difference, and hopefully allows us to take that next step. It’s not [a] big shift from us.
“We’ve added some new players, and also the players who have been here previously have also improved and gotten better as well. We feel like we’re [at] a really good spot. It’s not [about] changing too much. We’ve been doing a lot right. It’s just some small things here and there to to take us to the next step.
After declaring her retirement from international cricket in 2023, Lanning has remained active in domestic cricket and franchise competitions. Lanning said that while she appreciates spending time at home because she isn’t playing for Australia, it has been satisfying to be among new players at franchise-based competitions and offer them guidance. She also gets into the “rhythm” by participating in these leagues before to a competition like the WPL.
In addition to being the highest-ever run scorer in the WPL going into this season (676 runs over two seasons), Lanning is also coming off of some incredible performances in Australia’s domestic 50-over league, the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL), where she averaged 51.14 in eight games.