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Annesha Ghosh

Lanning plays down Australia's World Cup favourites tag

Meg Lanning, holding the 2020 T20 World Cup, has played down Australia's tag as 2023 favourites. (Scott Barbour/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australia captain Meg Lanning believes their chances of a successful T20 World Cup defence title in South Africa will rely on her champions absorbing the pressure as much as piling it back on the opposition.

As they prepared to take on New Zealand in their tournament opener on Saturday in Paarl, Lanning said on the eve of the match that the five-time champions Australia were "on a level pegging" with the remaining nine teams.

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