Who is Ellyse Perry?
Ellyse Perry is an Australian all-rounder and one of the greatest women cricketers of all time. She also played football for the Matildas, appearing at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Perry was born in Sydney in 1990. At 16, she became the youngest Australian to play international cricket, making her debut in 2007. Weeks later, she made her debut for the Matildas.
She played football for the Matildas and scored a goal against Sweden in the quarterfinal of the 2011 Women's World Cup. She eventually chose to focus on cricket.
Cricket records
Perry is one of the leading all-rounders in women's cricket, with thousands of runs and hundreds of wickets in international cricket. She has scored centuries in Test, ODI and Twenty20 cricket.
In 2017, she scored 213 not out against England at North Sydney Oval, one of the highest scores in women's Test cricket.
Perry has won multiple World Cups and T20 World Cups with Australia. She has won the Belinda Clark Award, given to Australia's best female cricketer, several times, and was named the ICC Female Cricketer of the Decade in 2020.
Did You Know?
Perry has played in the Women's Big Bash League and the Women's Premier League in India.