Megan Banting Explained

Megan Banting
Female:true
Country:Australia
Fullname:Megan Peta Banting
Birth Date:11 February 1996
Birth Place:Subiaco, Western Australia
Batting:Right-handed
Role:Wicket-keeper
Club1:Western Australia
Club2:Perth Scorchers
Club3:Perth Scorchers
Year3:2020/21
Columns:2
Hidedeliveries:true
Column1:WLA
Matches1:43
Runs1:499
Bat Avg1:16.09
100S/50S1:0/2
Top Score1:57
Catches/Stumpings1:16/8
Column2:WT20
Matches2:34
Runs2:130
Bat Avg2:7.22
100S/50S2:0/0
Top Score2:18
Catches/Stumpings2:3/1
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1165/1165071/1165071.html CricketArchive
Date:27 March 2021

Megan Peta Banting (born 11 February 1996) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter.[1]

Banting was raised in the Perth suburb of Tuart Hill. She made a memorable debut for Western Australia as a 14-year old in the Under 15s, in a match in which the WA team defeated New South Wales. At the 2012 Under 18 national titles, she scored 86 runs for WA, including 26 in the fifth-place final against South Australia.[2]

After making her Fury debut in 2014–15,[2] Banting was selected in the Shooting Stars squad to tour to Dubai in March–April 2015.[3] She then became the Fury's number one keeper, ahead of veteran Jenny Wallace, for its 2015–16 WNCL campaign,[4] [5] and also kept wickets for the Scorchers in four matches during its inaugural WBBL01 season (2015–16).[5]

In February 2016, Banting was named in a Shooting Stars 13-player development squad to face Sri Lanka and England in a limited-overs tri-series in Sri Lanka beginning the following month.[4] In August 2016, she was again selected for the Shooting Stars, this time to attend a talent camp at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane.[5] In the first of the matches at the camp, she starred as a batter, with a score of 96 runs.[6]

During the 2016–17 season, Banting was once again the Fury wicketkeeper, and kept wickets for the Scorchers in December 2016.[1] However, she was then replaced in the Scorchers team by Emily Smith,[7] who had been the Hobart Hurricanes keeper during the WBBL01 season.[8]

In November 2018, she was named in the Perth Scorchers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[9] [10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Megan Banting . ESPNcricinfo . 27 March 2021.
  2. Web site: Megan Banting. WACA website. 6 August 2017.
  3. Web site: Commonwealth Bank Shooting Stars squad for Dubai tour announced. Cricket Australia website. 6 August 2017. 3 March 2015.
  4. Web site: Raynor. Bonnie. Banting & Graham named in Shooting Stars. Perth Scorchers website. 6 August 2017. 26 February 2016.
  5. Web site: Perth Scorchers Media. Banting & Graham named Shooting Stars. Perth Scorchers website. 6 August 2017. 11 August 2016.
  6. Web site: Stars legends keep an eye on the future. Cricket Australia website. 6 August 2017. 30 September 2016.
  7. Web site: Emily Smith. 6 August 2017 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  8. Web site: Jolly. Laura. Cricket's biggest stars sign on for WBBL01. Cricket.com.au. 29 July 2017. 30 November 2015.
  9. Web site: WBBL04: All you need to know guide . Cricket Australia . 30 November 2018.
  10. Web site: The full squads for the WBBL . ESPN Cricinfo . 30 November 2018.