Ellyse Perry

The allrounder made her international debut as far back as 2007 at the age of just 16, featuring alongside Lisa Sthalekar and under the captaincy of Karen Rolton

The Cricketer | 24/01/2020 at 10:20

Born: November 3, 1990

Role: Right-hand bat, right-arm fast-medium

“The greatest female cricketer we’re ever going to see,” according to former England captain Charlotte Edwards, Ellyse Perry exists on a different plain to all others in the women’s game.

The allrounder made her international debut as far back as 2007 at the age of just 16, featuring alongside Lisa Sthalekar and under the captaincy of Karen Rolton.

Since then, she has become a phenomenon across two different sports. Before opting to put all her focus on cricket, she was a successful footballer.

There were appearances for Central Coast Mariners, Canberra United and Sydney FC, as well as 18 caps at international level.

When she came off the bench as a substitute at the 2011 World Cup in a group game against Norway, she became the first Australian woman to play in both football and cricket World Cups.

In the subsequent quarter-final, she scored from 25 yards in a defeat against Sweden.

Since committing to cricket as the game became increasingly professionalised in Australia, her game has gone from strength to strength – if she began as a bowler with the ability to bat, she has transformed into one of the greatest multidimensional cricketers of all time.

A double hundred against England in one of eight Test matches sits alongside 29 scores of more than 50 in the ODI format.

Between 2015 and mid-2017, Perry recorded 16 half centuries in 26 innings.

That included a string of five successive such scores during the group phase of the 2017 Women's World Cup.

With the ball, she added to her Ashes legend with figures of seven for 22 in a one-sided victory over England in 2019.

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