Reflecting on that knock and her consistency at the top of the order, Lanning was full of praise for the 29-year-old batter and the impact she continues to have for the World Cup hosts.
“She’s got a lot of good cricket ahead of her, Smriti [Mandhana],” Lanning said, speaking to Sanjana Ganesan on The ICC Review.
“She’s already a world-class player, has been for a long time, and especially in this format of the game, she’s capable of really making those match-winning scores and those big hundreds, and they’re the players you worry about as an opposition team.”
“She’s shown that time and time again that she’s very dangerous and able to perform under pressure in big moments. So she’s setting herself up nicely for a really big World Cup.”