New Delhi: UP Warriorz captain Meg Lanning slammed a fine half-century in her side’s clash against Delhi Capitals (DC) at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 on Wednesday. The Australian legend scored 54 off 38 balls to set up the stage for a strong total for her side after they were asked to bat first in the game.
Lanning opened the batting for the Warriorz with Kiran Navgire, who was dismissed cheaply on a duck in the very first over. The Warriors skipper then combined with Phoebe Litchfield (27) to get her side’s innings back on track with a 47-run stand for the second wicket
Lanning continued to hold one end strongly after Litchefield’s dismissal in the 7th over and went on to notch up her 10th WPL half-century off 32 balls with a boundary against DC pacer Nandini Sharma in the 12th over of her side’s innings. Lanning added a crucial 85-run stand for the third wicket with Harleen Deol, who played perfect support with her 47 off 36 deliveries.
With her 54-run knock against Delhi Capitals, Lanning achieved twin milestones as she became only the third batter to complete 1,000 runs in the WPL and second to complete 10 half-centuries in the tournament. She joined Mumbai Indians skipper Harmanpreet Kaur on top of the elite list of batters with the most fifties in the WPL.
Both Lanning and Harmanpreet have ten centuries each in the tournament. Lanning is the third batter after the Mumbai Indians duo of Nat Sciver-Brunt and Harmanpreet to complete 1,000 runs in the WPL. The UP Warriorz skipper is currently the second-highest run-getter in WPL with 1049 runs in 30 matches at an average of over 40 and a strike rate of 126.08, including 10 fifties.
Most fifties in WPL:
Meg Lanning – 10*
Harmanpreet Kaur – 10
Nat Sciver-Brunt – 9
Most runs in WPL:
Nat Sciver-Brunt – 1101 runs
Meg Lanning – 1049 runs
Harmanpreet Kaur – 1016 runs