{{short description|Australian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Megan Banting | female = true | image = 2018–19 WF v SAS 18-09-23 Banting (01) (cropped).jpg | caption = Banting batting for Western Australia, 2018 | country = Australia | fullname = Megan Peta Banting | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|2|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Subiaco, Western Australia | nickname = | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Wicket-keeper | family = | international =
| club1 = Western Australia | year1 = {{nowrap|2013/14–2020/21}} | club2 = Perth Scorchers | year2 = {{nowrap|2015/16–2018/19}} | 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* | deliveries1 = | wickets1 = | bowl avg1 = | fivefor1 = | tenfor1 = | best bowling1 = | catches/stumpings1 = 16/8
| column2 = WT20 | matches2 = 34 | runs2 = 130 | bat avg2 = 7.22 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 18 | deliveries2 = | wickets2 = | bowl avg2 = | fivefor2 = | tenfor2 = | best bowling2 = | 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.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/707069.html |title=Megan Banting |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref>
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.<ref name="waca profile">{{cite web|title=Megan Banting|url=http://www.waca.com.au/teams/western-fury/megan-banting|website=WACA website|accessdate=6 August 2017}}</ref>
After making her Fury debut in 2014–15,<ref name="waca profile"/> Banting was selected in the Shooting Stars squad to tour to Dubai in March–April 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Commonwealth Bank Shooting Stars squad for Dubai tour announced|url=http://www.cricketaustralia.com.au/media/media-releases/commonwealth-bank-shooting-stars-squad-for-dubai-tour-announced/2015-03-03|website=Cricket Australia website|accessdate=6 August 2017|date=3 March 2015}}</ref> She then became the Fury's number one keeper, ahead of veteran Jenny Wallace, for its 2015–16 WNCL campaign,<ref name="scorchers 2016-02-26">{{cite web|last1=Raynor|first1=Bonnie|title=Banting & Graham named in Shooting Stars|url=http://www.perthscorchers.com.au/news/graham-banting-named-in-shooting-stars/2016-02-26|website=Perth Scorchers website|accessdate=6 August 2017|date=26 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="scorchers 2016-08-11">{{cite web|author1=Perth Scorchers Media|title=Banting & Graham named Shooting Stars|url=http://www.perthscorchers.com.au/news/banting-graham-named-shooting-stars/2016-08-11|website=Perth Scorchers website|accessdate=6 August 2017|date=11 August 2016}}</ref> and also kept wickets for the Scorchers in four matches during its inaugural WBBL{{!}}01 season (2015–16).<ref name="scorchers 2016-08-11"/>
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.<ref name="scorchers 2016-02-26"/> 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.<ref name="scorchers 2016-08-11"/> In the first of the matches at the camp, she starred as a batter, with a score of 96 runs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stars legends keep an eye on the future|url=http://www.cricketaustralia.com.au/media/feature-stories/stars-legends-keep-an-eye-on-the-future/2016-09-30|website=Cricket Australia website|accessdate=6 August 2017|date=30 September 2016}}</ref>
During the 2016–17 season, Banting was once again the Fury wicketkeeper, and kept wickets for the Scorchers in December 2016.<ref name="Cricinfo"/> However, she was then replaced in the Scorchers team by Emily Smith,<ref name="Cricinfo: Emily Smith">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/678843.html |title=Emily Smith|accessdate=6 August 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> who had been the Hobart Hurricanes keeper during the WBBL{{!}}01 season.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jolly|first1=Laura|title=Cricket's biggest stars sign on for WBBL01|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/feature/womens-big-bash-league-player-signings-lanning-perry-healy-edwards-taylor-matthews-ferling-knight/2015-11-30|website=Cricket.com.au|accessdate=29 July 2017|date=30 November 2015}}</ref>
In November 2018, she was named in the Perth Scorchers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/wbbl-04-all-you-need-to-know-guide-tv-schedule-squads-when-fantasy-best-players/2018-11-30 |title=WBBL04: All you need to know guide |work=Cricket Australia |accessdate=30 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25412608/the-full-squads-wbbl |title=The full squads for the WBBL |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=30 November 2018}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category-inline|Megan Banting}} *{{Cricinfo|id=707069}} *{{CricketArchive|id=1165071}} *[https://www.cricket.com.au/players/megan-banting/yu2qP9vumUKRjMWJJvba1g Megan Banting] at Cricket Australia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Banting, Megan}} Category:1996 births Category:Australian women cricketers Category:Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia Category:Living people Category:Perth Scorchers (WBBL) cricketers Category:Sportswomen from Western Australia Category:Western Australia women cricketers