Person in history
Meg Lanning
Meg Lanning, Australian cricketer
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1992 · March 25
- Age this year
- 34No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- cricketer. Citizenship: Australia
- Born
- 34th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Meghann Moira Lanning is an Australian cricketer who formerly captained the national women's team. Lanning has been a member of seven successful world championship campaigns, winning two Women's Cricket World Cup and five ICC Women's World Twenty20 titles. She holds the record for the most Women's One Day International centuries and is the first Australian to score 2,000 Twenty20 International runs.
Early life
Educated at: Carey Baptist Grammar School.
Early life and education Lanning was born in Singapore to father Wayne, a banker, and mother Sue. Her family shortly thereafter relocated to the Sydney suburb of Thornleigh , where she attended Warrawee Public School. Lanning began playing organised cricket at the age of ten, following a suggestion from her teacher to try out for a regional team. [ 1 ] She went on to represent New South Wales at primary school level alongside several future Australian team mates, including Ellyse Perry . [ 2 ]
Path and career
Awards / honours: Member of the Order of Australia.
Why this date
Meg Lanning appears on our March 25 calendar for 1992 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1992.
- September 14Bosnia and Herzegovina
- September 12Abimael Guzmán
- September 16Manuel Noriega
- September 16Pound sterling
- September 16Black Wednesday
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
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- 1992Sviatlana PirazhenkaSeptember 12
- 1992Shannon BoydSeptember 9
- 1992Damian McGintySeptember 9
- 1992Darren WallerSeptember 13
- 1992Zach HymanJune 9
Sources
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“Meg Lanning”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/meg-lanning, accessed October 25, 2026.
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Questions about Meg Lanning
When was Meg Lanning born?
March 25 1992.
How old would Meg Lanning be today?
34 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on March 25?
Mitchell Watt, Victor Obinna, Jacob Bagersted and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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