Megan Banting
_(cropped).jpg) Banting batting for Western Fury, 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Megan Banting |
| Born | 11 February 1996 |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm medium |
| Role | Wicket-keeper |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 2014– | Western Fury |
| 2015– | Perth Scorchers (squad no. 4) |
Source: Cricinfo, 6 August 2017 | |
Megan Banting (born 11 February 1996) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a batter and wicket-keeper for Western Fury and Perth Scorchers.[1][2]
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 WBBL|01 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 WBBL|01 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]
References
- ^ a b "Megan Banting". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ a b c "Megan Banting". WACA website. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Commonwealth Bank Shooting Stars squad for Dubai tour announced". Cricket Australia website. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ a b Raynor, Bonnie (26 February 2016). "Banting & Graham named in Shooting Stars". Perth Scorchers website. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ a b c Perth Scorchers Media (11 August 2016). "Banting & Graham named Shooting Stars". Perth Scorchers website. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Stars legends keep an eye on the future". Cricket Australia website. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Emily Smith". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ Jolly, Laura (30 November 2015). "Cricket's biggest stars sign on for WBBL01". Cricket.com.au. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
External links
Media related to Megan Banting at Wikimedia Commons