'I would put my hand up': Alyssa Healy open to take captaincy role after Meg Lanning's retirement

Former Australian women's cricket team skipper Meg Lanning retired from all forms of international cricket on November 9, 2023, after an exceptional 13-year-old career. Lanning also captained the Australian women's team from 2014 to 2023 and led the team to several ICC titles under her leadership. 

3 things you need to know 

• Meg Lanning has won a total of seven World Cup titles for Australia
• Lanning played a total of 241 matches in her international career 
• Alyssa Healy might be replaced as the captain of the Australian women's team after Meg Lanning's retirement

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Alyssa Healy opens up on taking up leadership role for Australia 

Australian women's cricket team batter Alyssa Healy, while speaking in a recent media interaction opened on his urge to lead Australia in place of Meg Lanning. Healy believed that she is ready to lead the Australian women's team when they are going through a transition phase. Healy said: 

I've been filling in in the anticipation that Meg will come back, but at the end of the day the decision of who the next skipper will be is up to the powers that be, whether they look long term or short term I'm not 100% certain on that. I've had a nice little taste of it and, yes, 100% I would put my hand up to do it again if called upon. But that's for somebody else to decide and if it is somebody else then I'll happily support them as best as I can for the rest of my career.

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Meg Lanning's wonderful international career

Former Australian women's cricket team skipper Meg Lanning played a total of 241 matches during her international career and scored a total of 8352 runs with a total of 17 hundred. Lanning led the Australia women's team to a total of seven World Cup titles and is one probably one of the greatest captains they have ever had. 

The Australian team will be touring India and England in the coming days, the Australian team management might appoint another experienced player to lead the side.