Ellyse Perry
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Ellyse Alexandra Perry is an Australia
n sportswoman who made her debut for both the Australian cricket and football (soccer) teams at the age of 16. She played her first cricket international in July 2007 before earning her first football cap for Australia a month later. Perry is the youngest person, male or female, to represent Australia in cricket and the first Australian woman to have appeared in both cricket and association football World Cups.
Perry was fast-tracked to make her One Day International (ODI) debut for Australia against New Zealand before playing a single match for her state New South Wales
in the Women's National Cricket League
(WNCL). In 2007–08, she made her debut for New South Wales and won the WNCL with them, and at the end of the season, she made her Test debut in Bowral against England. During the season, she was the player of the match in her Twenty20
international debut against England, and made her maiden ODI half-century against New Zealand.
Perry took 4/23 in the final of the 2008–09 WNCL to help New South Wales defend their title. She then took nine wickets as Australia came fourth in the 2009 World Cup
held in Australia. She was ineffective during the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20
in England
, taking only two wickets in Australia's four matches.
In 2009–10, Perry took 22 wickets and scored 148 runs as New South Wales won the WNCL again. She then took 18 wickets in 10 ODIs against New Zealand at the end of the season, as the Australians won all the matches. During these matches, Perry took her maiden five-wicket ODI haul. Perry played in each of Australia's matches at the 2010 World Twenty20
in the West Indies, taking 3/18 and being named player of the match in the final as Australia defeated New Zealand by three runs to claim the title.
A defender, Perry represented Australia at the 2008 Asian Cup
, and scored in one of the matches. She played for the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian W-League
during the 2008-09 season, before transferring to Canberra United the following year. In June 2010, Perry began her media career by hosting the soccer-related show Football Stars of Tomorrow, screened on the digital sports channel One HD.
, Sydney
. She went to primary school at Beecroft Primary School in Sydney. She also attended Pymble Ladies College, completing year 12 in 2008 with the title of Sports Captain, Athletics Captain and Cricket Captain.
, Perry is an all-rounder
who bats
right-handed and bowls
with a right-handed fast-medium
action.
Perry had a rapid rise into the Australian team. Soon after turning 16, she played for New South Wales in the Under-19 interstate tournament in January 2007. In three matches she scored 74 runs at 37.00 and took three wickets at 13.66 as her state won all three matches. A month later, in February 2007, she was selected for the Australia Youth for a tour of New Zealand
in February 2007, where they played New Zealand A, the hosts' second-string team. She was not overly successful and scored 43 runs at 21.50 and took only one wicket—that of Victoria Lind
—at 100.00 at an economy rate of 4.54. The three-match series was drawn 1–1 after the second match was tied. Perry was then fast-tracked into the senior Australian team for their next series in July 2007, despite having never played a match at senior (non-youth) level. In the second match of the series, she made her One-Day International
debut against New Zealand in Darwin
on 22 July 2007 at the age of 16 years and 8 months: this made her the youngest ever cricketer to represent Australia, male or female. In her first match, she took 2/37 from eight overs as the visitors made 209. Her first wicket was Maria Fahey
, whom she bowled
for 11. She later had Sara McGlashan
caught by Emma Sampson
for 28. Coming in at No. 9, she then made 19 from 20 balls as Australia were dismissed for 174 to lose by 35 runs. Perry took a wicket in the third and fourth matches ended her debut series with 27 runs at 9.00 and four wickets at 30.50. Australia won the third and fourth matches to take a series-winning 3–1 lead before losing the final game.
in the Women's National Cricket League
(WNCL) in the first match of the season against South Australia
, taking 2/29 from ten overs and taking a catch in a seven-wicket win. Her first wicket in her WNCL career was that of leading batsman Karen Rolton
, rated the best in the world at the time, caught by Lisa Sthalekar
. In the second match of the double-header, she batted for the first time, scoring 12 and then claiming 3/21 in a 25-run win. She then went wickless in two victories over Victoria. In the fifth match of the season against Queensland, she scored 37 in New South Wales' 189 and took 2/10 with the ball to help seal a 66-run win. In the penultimate match, she took 0/51 from ten overs against Western Australia and was omitted from the next day's match. Perry ended her first season for New South Wales with 66 runs at 13.20 and nine wickets at 24.00 from seven matches. The final against South Australia was washed out by rain without a ball being bowled and New South Wales were awarded the WNCL title on account of ranking first in the round-robin phase. In two Twenty20
matches for her state, Perry took a total of 1/34 from six overs and did not bat as New South Wales won both matches.
Perry was retained for Australia's international engagements at the end of the season, a home series against England and a tour to New Zealand
.
The series against England started with a T20 international in front of a large crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
as the curtain-raiser for T20 game between the Australian and Indian men. Perry came in late in Australia's innings and struck 29 not out
off 25 balls to help them reach 5/127. She then took 4/20 off her 4 overs
of bowling, and effected a crucial run out
as the tourists were restricted to 8/106 and a 21-run defeat. In the first ODI, held at the MCG, Perry was attacked by the English batsmen, taking 1/51 from eight overs. Elevated up the batting order to No. 7, She made 40 from 65 balls without hitting a boundary, her highest score to that point. She was run out as Australia lost by 56 runs. She returned to form with ball in the three remaining ODIs, taking 3/24, 2/24 and 3/30 all from eight overs, but managed only 2 and 5 in her remaining innings. Perry ended the series, which was drawn 2–2, with 47 runs at 15.66 and nine wickets at 14.21.
. Perry made 21 from 77 balls in 79 minutes, hitting two fours, before being run out
by throw from Laura Marsh
to English wicket-keeper Sarah Taylor
. This ended a 50-run partnership, the largest of the innings; Australia were eventually out for 154 on the first day. Perry then opened the bowling, taking the new ball alongside Emma Sampson
. The pair failed to take a wicket in their initial spell and England reached stumps without loss. The next day, Perry had opener Caroline Atkins
caught by wicket-keeper Leonie Coleman
for 15 to claim her maiden Test wicket to leave England at 1/26 after 22.4 overs. After Sampson removed Beth Morgan the next over without addition to the score, England captain Charlotte Edwards
combined with Claire Taylor
to put on a partnership of 159 before Perry removed top-scorer Edwards for 94, also caught by Coleman. This wicket sparked a collapse as England lost their remaining eight wickets for 59 runs. Perry also took her first catch in Tests; she caught Rosalie Birch
to give fellow debutant Kirsten Pike
her first Test wicket. Perry ended with 2/49 from 23 overs as the tourists replied with 244 to take a 90-run lead.
She then came in at 5/198 in the second innings and struggled, making only six runs from 36 balls in 52 minutes as wickets fell steadily; Australia declared after the fall of their ninth wicket at 9/231, leaving England 142 for victory. Perry took 1/17 from 13 overs, removing Atkins again, this time leg before wicket
as the visitors took a six-wicket win to sour her Test debut.
Australia then crossed the Tasman
for the Rose Bowl series held at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval
in Lincoln
. After taking 1/21 from eight overs in Australia's 63-run win in the first match, Perry made 28 and 51 in the next two matches; the visitors collapsed to be all out for 156 and 170 respectively and cede a 2–1 series deficit. In the fourth match, Perry took 2/51 from 9.4 overs, taking the last wicket to seal a six-run win and level the series. In the deciding match, Perry was attacked by the hosts' batsmen and conceded 38 runs from five overs, but the Australians reached their target with eight wickets to spare and claim the series. Perry ended with 80 runs at 26.66 and four wickets at 41.00, but she was uneconomical, conceding 4.70 runs per over.
At the start of the 2008–09 season, Australia hosted an ODI series against India in Sydney
. Perry played in four of the matches, missing the third fixture. She took 3/21 from nine overs in the fourth ODI, her best ODI figures at the time, helping to seal a 118-run win. She ended the series with 16 runs at 16.00 and six wickets at 19.33 and an economy rate of 3.41. During the season's WNCL, Perry scored 24 runs at 8.00 and took 12 wickets at 24.25. Perry was low key in the early part of the season, taking only five wickets in the first six matches. After taking 2/32 and 1/37 against Victoria
in the last two round-robin matches, both of which ended in victories, Perry peaked in the final, where New South Wales met the Victorians again. She took 4/23 to help bowl out the Victorians for 117. Perry then came to the crease as her state was on the verge of victory, and was unbeaten without scoring when the winning runs were brought up with six wickets in hand. In two T20 matches for New South Wales, she took four wickets at 7.75 at an economy rate of 4.42, and scored 25 runs at 12.50. New South Wales won one match and lost the other.
After the WNCL finished, the Australians toured New Zealand for the Rose Bowl series, and Perry again struggled with the ball as she did in her previous visit to the country. Perry played in the first three matches and took one wicket at 77.00 and at an economy rate of 4.05. She made 29 in the first ODI and ended with 40 runs at 20.00. The Australians then returned home for the Women's World Cup, held in New South Wales. In her only warm-up match, she was attacked by England's batsmen, taking 1/42 from seven overs.
. Australia then needed to win their two remaining group matches to reach the Super Six phase. Perry took 0/28 from five overs and did not bat as Australia defeated South Africa by 61 runs. She then scored 36 and took 2/28 from ten overs in a 47-run win over the West Indies. In the first Super Six match, the Indians attacked her bowling and she conceded 56 runs from nine wicketless overs. she then made a duck as Australia made 7/218, falling 17 runs of their target. Perry then scored 12 not out and took 2/16 from seven overs as Australia defeated Pakistan by 107 runs. She missed Australia's final Super Six match against England, and although the hosts won, it was not enough for them to place in the top two in the standings and qualify for the final. In the third-place playoff, she made 2 of Australia's 142, and then took 2/26 from 6.5 overs, but was not able to prevent a three-wicket defeat. Perry ended the tournament with 67 runs at 22.33 and took nine wickets at 21.55 at an economy rate of 4.42.
Perry was selected for Australia's team for the inaugural Women's World Twenty20 held in England in 2009. The Australians hosted New Zealand for a three-match series in tropical Darwin
at the beginning of June before the World Cup, and Perry played in the first two matches, taking 1/33 and 1/9 from her four overs. Arriving in the northern hemisphere she took 3/16 from three overs in the team's only warm-up on English soil, a five-run win against the hosts.
However, Perry was not successful in the tournament. After making four not out in Australia's 8/123, she was attacked by the New Zealand batsmen and ended with 0/31 from three overs in a nine-wicket win. She then took 0/6 in two overs against the West Indies, and 1/13 in two overs against South Africa. She was not required to bat in either match as Australia won both to reach the semi-finals against the hosts. She did not bat and took 1/32 from four overs as England overhauled Australia's score of 5/163 to reach the final, which they won. Perry ended the tournament with two wickets at 41.00 at an economy rate of 7.36.
Perry and the Australians stayed in England for a bilateral series against the hosts, who were the reigning world champions in both ODIs and T20s, after the end of the World Twenty20. She played in all five ODIs, and was not successful, taking only three wickets at 50.00 and an economy rate of 5.55. Her best performance was in the third match at Stratford-upon-Avon
, scoring 16 not out before taking 2/31 from six overs in a two-wicket defeat. She ended the series with 34 runs at 17.00.
England won all the ODI matches except the last, which was washed out. Perry played in the one-off Test match at County Road in Worcestershire
. Coming in with the score on 6/257, Perry scored 18 not out from 63 balls as wickets fell steadily at the other end and Australia were bowled out for 309. She then took 1/49 from 14 overs, bowling England captain and leading batsman Edwards for 10, to help Australia take a 41-run lead. She then made 6 before being dismissed by spinner Holly Colvin
as Australia set the hosts a target of 273 before the match was drawn. She took 1/14 from eight overs in the second innings, removing opener Lydia Greenway
caught and bowled as the hosts ended on 3/106.
Perry started the 2009–10 WNCL strongly, scoring 66 in New South Wales' 198, her highest score in limited-overs cricket, before taking 3/42 from ten overs in a 15-run win over Queensland. She followed this with 2/19 in the second match of the double-header and 3/30 in the next game against the ACT. She took four wickets in the next three matches before peaking in the final double-header of the season, against South Australia. In the first match, she took career-best figure of 5/19 from eight overs to help dismiss South Australia for only 45. She then made an unbeaten 17 in the top-order to seal an eight-wicket win. The next day, she made 30 and then took 4/28 from 10 overs to ensure a 76-run win. In the final against Victoria, Perry scored 17 before being run out as New South Wales made 9/206. She then took 1/11 from her six overs to help dismiss the Victorians for 147 and seal a fifth consecutive WNCL title for New South Wales. Perry ended the season with 148 runs at 29.60 and 22 wickets at 10.63 at an economy rate of 3.29 from nine matches.
In contrast, Perry had an unsuccessful time in the domestic T20s, now part of a full interstate tournament, scoring five runs at 1.66 and taking three wickets at 39.33 at an economy rate of 5.61 in seven matches. Perry's best bowling came in the match against Tasmania, taking 2/14 from four overs. New South Wales met Victoria in the final, where Perry was attacked and conceded 17 runs from her two overs as Victoria made 5/127. Perry then made her only runs of the tournament, scoring five as New South Wales were bowled out for 75, handing Victoria a 51-run win and the title.
Perry then played in the Rose Bowl series against New Zealand, starting with a five-match home ODI series. In each of the first two matches, held at the Adelaide Oval
and won by the hosts, she took two wickets, and she also took two catches in the first match.
The last three matches of the series were held at the Junction Oval
. In the third ODI, she scored an unbeaten 22 from 15 balls in the death overs, and took 1/33 in a 102-run win that sealed the series. In the fourth match of the series, she took 5/31, her best bowling figures in an ODI, helping to bowl out the tourists for 162, setting up a ten-wicket win. In the final match, she scored 30 from 22 balls in the closing overs, and then took 3/33 to seal a 103-run win and a 5–0 whitewash. She had taken 63 runs at 31.50 and taken 13 wickets at 12.61 and an economy rate of 4.29.
The ODIs were followed by three T20s at Bellerive Oval
in Hobart
and two more in New Zealand at the start of the second phase of the bilateral contests. Perry played in every match and Australia was whitewashed, although she remained effective. She bowled her quota of four overs in each of the matches, and took seven wickets at 12.71 and an economy rate of only 4.45. She made 21 runs at 10.50, and took a back-pedalling catch.
Australia then swept New Zealand 3–0 in the ODIs in New Zealand. In the first match, she took 2/44 in the hosts' 6/228 and then made 27 from 30 balls in the runchase as the tourists struggled. Although she fell late, the Australians scraped home from the last ball of match. Perry took 2/49 and 1/25 in the next two matches and was not required to bat as the Australians chased their target in both matches with six wickets in hand. She ended the series with five wickets at 23.60 at 4.37.
winning team in the West Indies and played in all of Australia's matches. She was the player of the match in the final. In the first warm-up match against New Zealand, which Australia lost by 18 runs, Perry took 1/22 from three overs, removing Elizabeth Perry for 10. She then made 2 not out from 2 balls at the end of Australia's innings. In the last warm-up match against Pakistan, Perry was not required to bat as Australia made 5/166. She ran out Pakistani captain Sana Mir
and bowled Nida Dar
and Batool Fatima
to end with 2/13 from 3.3 overs as Australia won by 82 runs.
Australia were grouped with defending champions England, South Africa and the West Indies. In the first match, Perry caught Jenny Gunn
from the bowling of Sthalekar and then bowled Katherine Brunt
as England collapsed late in their innings, losing 6/22, leaving 15 balls unused. During Australia's pursuit of 105 for victory, Perry came in at 5/60 in the 12th over and made 1 from 3 balls before Gunn ran her out, leaving Australia at 6/62 in the 14th over. This was part of a passage of play during which Australia lost 3/18 in 29 balls, and at 7/63, they needed 42 runs from 34 for victory with three wickets in hand. Eventually, Australia recovered, before Rene Farrell
was run out
going for the winning run from the third last ball available, leaving the scores tied.
A Super Over eventuated, and both teams made 2/6, suffering run outs in an attempt to secure a seventh run on the final ball. Australia was awarded the match because they had hit more sixes in the match—Jess Cameron
scored the solitary six.
In the next match against South Africa, Perry made five runs from ten balls before being caught, the last player dismissed as Australia ended on 155 with three balls unused. This was part of a collapse in the death overs as Australia lost their last six wickets for 16, including the last four wickets for four runs. Perry came in to bat after Australia lost both Cameron and Sarah Elliott
with the score on 139, and saw three partners leave before being dismissed herself. In the run-chase, South Africa reached 0/33 from 5.3 overs before Perry ran out their captain Cri-Zelda Brits
. Perry later bowled Chloe Tryon
late in the innings and ended with 1/16 from three overs as Australia completed a 22-run win.
Perry was not required to bat as Australia finished on 7/133 in the final group match against the West Indies. In the second over of the run-chase, Perry ran out Juliana Nero
with a throw to Rene Farrell
. She later had Deandra Dottin
caught behind for a duck, before dismissing Pamela Lavine
in the penultimate over. Perry ended with 2/19 from three overs as Australia won by nine runs to finish the group stage unbeaten at the top of their quartet.
Australia went on to face India in the semi-final, and Perry took 1/19 from her four overs as India made 5/119. At the start of the 17th over bowled by Perry, India were on 2/88, and the partnership between Harmanpreet Kaur
and Poonam Raut
had yielded 57 runs. Perry ran out Kaur from the first ball of the over, and two balls later, the Indian captain Jhulan Goswami
was run out by Blackwell. Perry then had Raut caught from the next ball and India had lost 3/1 in four balls. Perry was required to neither bat nor bowl as the Indians ended with 3/119, which was chased down by the Australians with seven wickets and seven balls to spare.
Australia batted first in the final against New Zealand, and Perry was not required as they reached 106, losing their eighth wicket from the last ball of the innings. New Zealand started their chase solidly, before losing two wickets by the end of the fifth over. Perry's first over was the sixth of the innings, and she dismissed Suzie Bates
, who tried to pull but skied the ball down the ground and was caught by Elliott, who ran across from mid-off, for 18. In her following over, the eighth of the innings, Perry uprooted Amy Satterthwaite
's off stump with a ball that kept low and New Zealand were in trouble at 4/29 in the eighth over.
Perry was then taken out of the attack and the New Zealanders consolidated and rebuilt the innings. Nicola Browne
and Sophie Devine
put on 41 from as many balls. In the 18th over, Browne was caught behind for 20 from Perry, and New Zealand were 6/103 at the start of the last over, needing 14 runs to win. Perry was given the ball. A single from the first ball put Devine on strike, and she hit four consecutive twos. Devine required five runs from the last ball to win and she struck a powerful straight drive. If the ball had gone past Perry, it could have reached the boundary for a four to tie the match and force a Super Over. Perry stuck out her right foot and the ball deflected to mid-on where Sthalekar stopped the ball and only one run was scored. This sealed an Australian win by three runs. Perry was named the player of the match for her 3/18.
. She played her first match for the Australian national team, an Olympic qualifying match
against Hong Kong
at the Hong Kong Football Club, on 4 August 2007. She played this match at the age of 16 years and 9 months, and less than two weeks after her international cricket debut. Perry scored a goal
in the second minute of the match as Australia won 8-1.
, she has played eleven matches for the national team, including five in the 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
, where she scored a goal against South Korea
. She has also played three matches for the Young Matildas
, the Australian youth team.
Her domestic team was the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian W-League
during the 2008–09
season.
Perry made her debut against Queensland Roar on Saturday, 15 November 2008 after being substituted on for team-mate Lyndsay Glohe
. She then went on to play another 2 games, also off the bench.
Perry left the Central Coast Mariners and began playing for Canberra United
at the start of the 2009 W-League
season.
At the annual Westfield W-League awards dinner in 2009, Perry was jointly awarded the Young Player of the Year Award with Brisbane Roar's Elise Kellond-Knight
and won three club awards for the season - the Player's, Supporter's and overall Club player of the year.
Perry was selected in the Matildas squad for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany
. In the Norway vs Australia group game, Perry came on as a late substitute, and thus became the first Australia woman to represent Australia at a senior World Cup in two different sports, namely cricket and association football. Perry was in the starting line-up for the quarter final against Sweden in which match, with Australia down 0-2, Perry scored Australia's opening goal.
or at the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
which overlapped, of which she chose cricket.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n sportswoman who made her debut for both the Australian cricket and football (soccer) teams at the age of 16. She played her first cricket international in July 2007 before earning her first football cap for Australia a month later. Perry is the youngest person, male or female, to represent Australia in cricket and the first Australian woman to have appeared in both cricket and association football World Cups.
Perry was fast-tracked to make her One Day International (ODI) debut for Australia against New Zealand before playing a single match for her state New South Wales
New South Wales Breakers
The New South Wales Breakers are the women's representative cricket team for New South Wales and they compete in the Women's National Cricket League...
in the Women's National Cricket League
Women's National Cricket League
The Women's National Cricket League is the national competition for women's cricket in Australia.The league competition involves the six member teams playing each other in two 50-over limited-over matches, with the side finishing at the top of the table after the preliminary rounds earning the...
(WNCL). In 2007–08, she made her debut for New South Wales and won the WNCL with them, and at the end of the season, she made her Test debut in Bowral against England. During the season, she was the player of the match in her Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
international debut against England, and made her maiden ODI half-century against New Zealand.
Perry took 4/23 in the final of the 2008–09 WNCL to help New South Wales defend their title. She then took nine wickets as Australia came fourth in the 2009 World Cup
2009 Women's Cricket World Cup
The 2009 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held in Australia from 7 to 22 March 2009, using the sport's One Day International format....
held in Australia. She was ineffective during the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20
2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20 competition took on a different format from that of the men's, having eight teams split into two pools followed directly by the semi-finals and final. All pool stage matches were played at the County Ground in Taunton...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, taking only two wickets in Australia's four matches.
In 2009–10, Perry took 22 wickets and scored 148 runs as New South Wales won the WNCL again. She then took 18 wickets in 10 ODIs against New Zealand at the end of the season, as the Australians won all the matches. During these matches, Perry took her maiden five-wicket ODI haul. Perry played in each of Australia's matches at the 2010 World Twenty20
2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was an international Twenty20 cricket tournament which was held in the West Indies from 5 May to 16 May 2010. The group stage matches were played at the Warner Park Sporting Complex on Saint Kitts. It was won by Australia, who defeated New Zealand in the final...
in the West Indies, taking 3/18 and being named player of the match in the final as Australia defeated New Zealand by three runs to claim the title.
A defender, Perry represented Australia at the 2008 Asian Cup
2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
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, and scored in one of the matches. She played for the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian W-League
W-League (Australia)
The W-League is the preeminent women's semi-professional football league in Australia. Established in 2008, it is composed of eight teams - seven of them are affiliated with seven of the Australian clubs currently in the A-League, with the eighth team based in Canberra...
during the 2008-09 season, before transferring to Canberra United the following year. In June 2010, Perry began her media career by hosting the soccer-related show Football Stars of Tomorrow, screened on the digital sports channel One HD.
Personal
Perry was born in WahroongaWahroonga, New South Wales
Wahroonga is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Wahroonga is located 22 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council and Hornsby Shire....
, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. She went to primary school at Beecroft Primary School in Sydney. She also attended Pymble Ladies College, completing year 12 in 2008 with the title of Sports Captain, Athletics Captain and Cricket Captain.
Cricket
In cricketCricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
, Perry is an all-rounder
All-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...
who bats
Batting (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat to score runs or prevent the loss of one's wicket. A player who is currently batting is denoted as a batsman, while the act of hitting the ball is called a shot or stroke...
right-handed and bowls
Bowling (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler; a bowler who is also a competent batsman is known as an all-rounder...
with a right-handed fast-medium
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
action.
Perry had a rapid rise into the Australian team. Soon after turning 16, she played for New South Wales in the Under-19 interstate tournament in January 2007. In three matches she scored 74 runs at 37.00 and took three wickets at 13.66 as her state won all three matches. A month later, in February 2007, she was selected for the Australia Youth for a tour of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
in February 2007, where they played New Zealand A, the hosts' second-string team. She was not overly successful and scored 43 runs at 21.50 and took only one wicket—that of Victoria Lind
Victoria Lind
Victoria Jayne Lind is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for New Zealand in the women's one-day internationals and T20s. She made her international debut in 2009.http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/232988.html-References:...
—at 100.00 at an economy rate of 4.54. The three-match series was drawn 1–1 after the second match was tied. Perry was then fast-tracked into the senior Australian team for their next series in July 2007, despite having never played a match at senior (non-youth) level. In the second match of the series, she made her One-Day International
One-day International
A One Day International is a form of limited overs cricket, in which a fixed number of overs, usually 50, but in the past 40, 45 or 60 overs, are played between two teams with international status. The Cricket World Cup is played in this format...
debut against New Zealand in Darwin
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
on 22 July 2007 at the age of 16 years and 8 months: this made her the youngest ever cricketer to represent Australia, male or female. In her first match, she took 2/37 from eight overs as the visitors made 209. Her first wicket was Maria Fahey
Maria Fahey
Maria Frances Fahey is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Canterbury Magicians in the State League, as well as the national team...
, whom she bowled
Bowled
Bowled is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. This method of dismissal is covered by Law 30 of the Laws of cricket.A batsman is out bowled if his wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler...
for 11. She later had Sara McGlashan
Sara McGlashan
Sara Jade McGlashan is a New Zealand cricketer who has played two women's test matches, 80 women's one-day internationals and 16 Twenty20 matches for the New Zealand. She is the sister of Peter McGlashan. She plays for the Central Districts in the State League.-References:...
caught by Emma Sampson
Emma Sampson
Emma Margaret Sampson is an Australian cricketer who has played Test and ODI cricket for Australia. Predominantly a bowler, she is considered one of the fastest in the women's game, bowling at about 73mph. After playing 30 ODIs, a Test and five Twenty20 she announced her retirement from cricket,...
for 28. Coming in at No. 9, she then made 19 from 20 balls as Australia were dismissed for 174 to lose by 35 runs. Perry took a wicket in the third and fourth matches ended her debut series with 27 runs at 9.00 and four wickets at 30.50. Australia won the third and fourth matches to take a series-winning 3–1 lead before losing the final game.
WNCL debut
During the 2007–08 Australian summer, Perry made her debut for New South WalesNew South Wales Breakers
The New South Wales Breakers are the women's representative cricket team for New South Wales and they compete in the Women's National Cricket League...
in the Women's National Cricket League
Women's National Cricket League
The Women's National Cricket League is the national competition for women's cricket in Australia.The league competition involves the six member teams playing each other in two 50-over limited-over matches, with the side finishing at the top of the table after the preliminary rounds earning the...
(WNCL) in the first match of the season against South Australia
South Australian Scorpions
The South Australian Scorpions are the women's representative cricket team for South AustraliaThe Scorpions have played 102 matches for 44 wins, 2 no results and 56 losses.- External links :* Official Website of the * Official Website of...
, taking 2/29 from ten overs and taking a catch in a seven-wicket win. Her first wicket in her WNCL career was that of leading batsman Karen Rolton
Karen Rolton
Karen Louise Rolton is a former Australian cricketer. A left-handed batsman and occasional left-arm medium-paced bowler, she has scored the most runs for Australia in women's Test cricket....
, rated the best in the world at the time, caught by Lisa Sthalekar
Lisa Sthalekar
Lisa Carprini Sthalekar is a female cricketer who plays for Australia, and captains New South Wales. One of the key players in the team, she is a right-handed all rounder who bowls off spin, and was rated as the leading all rounder in the world when rankings were introduced...
. In the second match of the double-header, she batted for the first time, scoring 12 and then claiming 3/21 in a 25-run win. She then went wickless in two victories over Victoria. In the fifth match of the season against Queensland, she scored 37 in New South Wales' 189 and took 2/10 with the ball to help seal a 66-run win. In the penultimate match, she took 0/51 from ten overs against Western Australia and was omitted from the next day's match. Perry ended her first season for New South Wales with 66 runs at 13.20 and nine wickets at 24.00 from seven matches. The final against South Australia was washed out by rain without a ball being bowled and New South Wales were awarded the WNCL title on account of ranking first in the round-robin phase. In two Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
matches for her state, Perry took a total of 1/34 from six overs and did not bat as New South Wales won both matches.
Perry was retained for Australia's international engagements at the end of the season, a home series against England and a tour to New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.
The series against England started with a T20 international in front of a large crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
as the curtain-raiser for T20 game between the Australian and Indian men. Perry came in late in Australia's innings and struck 29 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
off 25 balls to help them reach 5/127. She then took 4/20 off her 4 overs
Over (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession. An over is normally bowled by a single bowler. However, in the event of injury preventing a bowler from completing an over, it is completed by a teammate....
of bowling, and effected a crucial run out
Run out
Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It is governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.-The rules:A batsman is out Run out if at any time while the ball is in play no part of his bat or person is grounded behind the popping crease and his wicket is fairly put down by the opposing...
as the tourists were restricted to 8/106 and a 21-run defeat. In the first ODI, held at the MCG, Perry was attacked by the English batsmen, taking 1/51 from eight overs. Elevated up the batting order to No. 7, She made 40 from 65 balls without hitting a boundary, her highest score to that point. She was run out as Australia lost by 56 runs. She returned to form with ball in the three remaining ODIs, taking 3/24, 2/24 and 3/30 all from eight overs, but managed only 2 and 5 in her remaining innings. Perry ended the series, which was drawn 2–2, with 47 runs at 15.66 and nine wickets at 14.21.
Test debut
The series ended with a one-off Test, starting in Bowral on 15 February 2008, when at the age of 17 years and 3 months, Perry became the youngest ever Australian Test cricketer. The hosts batted first collapsed to be 5/59 after 31.1 overs on the first day, bringing Perry to the crease to join Kate BlackwellKate Blackwell
Kathryn Anne Blackwell in Wagga Wagga, but raised in Yenda, a small rural town outside of Griffith, NSW. She and her identical twin sister Alex Blackwell were part of the Australian national team that won the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa...
. Perry made 21 from 77 balls in 79 minutes, hitting two fours, before being run out
Run out
Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It is governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.-The rules:A batsman is out Run out if at any time while the ball is in play no part of his bat or person is grounded behind the popping crease and his wicket is fairly put down by the opposing...
by throw from Laura Marsh
Laura Marsh
Laura Alexandra Marsh is an English cricketer. She began playing cricket at 11 and started her career as a medium pace bowler but found greater success when she switched to off spin. She plays country cricket for Sussex, represents the Rubies and made her Test debut against India in 2006...
to English wicket-keeper Sarah Taylor
Sarah Taylor (cricketer)
Sarah Jane Taylor is an English cricketer. She is a wicketkeeper-batsman known for her free flowing stroke play, opening the batting in one day matches and batting in the middle order in Tests. She was a member of the England team which retained the Ashes in Australia in 2008. She plays county...
. This ended a 50-run partnership, the largest of the innings; Australia were eventually out for 154 on the first day. Perry then opened the bowling, taking the new ball alongside Emma Sampson
Emma Sampson
Emma Margaret Sampson is an Australian cricketer who has played Test and ODI cricket for Australia. Predominantly a bowler, she is considered one of the fastest in the women's game, bowling at about 73mph. After playing 30 ODIs, a Test and five Twenty20 she announced her retirement from cricket,...
. The pair failed to take a wicket in their initial spell and England reached stumps without loss. The next day, Perry had opener Caroline Atkins
Caroline Atkins
Caroline Mary Ghislaine Atkins is an English cricketer who has played 6 Tests and 24 ODIs since 2001. She was a member of the side which retained the Ashes on tour in Australia in 2008....
caught by wicket-keeper Leonie Coleman
Leonie Coleman
Leonie Anne Coleman is an Australian cricketer. A wicket-keeper, Coleman played in one Test match and 24 One Day Internationals for the Australian national women's cricket team....
for 15 to claim her maiden Test wicket to leave England at 1/26 after 22.4 overs. After Sampson removed Beth Morgan the next over without addition to the score, England captain Charlotte Edwards
Charlotte Edwards
Charlotte Marie Edwards MBE is an English cricketer and current captain of the England women's team....
combined with Claire Taylor
Claire Taylor
Samantha Claire Taylor MBE is a former English cricketer and retired member of the England women's team. A determined batsman, with almost 3,500 runs in over a hundred One Day International appearances, she was the top ranked female ODI batsman in the world going into the 2009 Women's World Cup...
to put on a partnership of 159 before Perry removed top-scorer Edwards for 94, also caught by Coleman. This wicket sparked a collapse as England lost their remaining eight wickets for 59 runs. Perry also took her first catch in Tests; she caught Rosalie Birch
Rosalie Birch
Rosalie Anne Birch is an English cricketer and a member of the current England team. An off spinner and lower middle order batsman, she was part of the England team that won the Ashes in 2005 and retained them in 2008.From 2003 Birch combined her cricketing career with full-time study at the...
to give fellow debutant Kirsten Pike
Kirsten Pike
Kirsten Elizabeth "Piker" "Pickles" Pike is an Australian cricketer who has played 1 Women's Test, 18 Women's One-day Internationals and three Women's Twenty20s for Australia....
her first Test wicket. Perry ended with 2/49 from 23 overs as the tourists replied with 244 to take a 90-run lead.
She then came in at 5/198 in the second innings and struggled, making only six runs from 36 balls in 52 minutes as wickets fell steadily; Australia declared after the fall of their ninth wicket at 9/231, leaving England 142 for victory. Perry took 1/17 from 13 overs, removing Atkins again, this time leg before wicket
Leg before wicket
In the sport of cricket, leg before wicket is one of the ways in which a batsman can be dismissed. An umpire will rule a batsman out LBW under a series of circumstances which primarily include the ball striking the batsman's body when it would otherwise have continued on to hit the batsman's...
as the visitors took a six-wicket win to sour her Test debut.
Australia then crossed the Tasman
Tasman Sea
The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand, approximately across. It extends 2,800 km from north to south. It is a south-western segment of the South Pacific Ocean. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, the first recorded European...
for the Rose Bowl series held at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval
Bert Sutcliffe Oval
The Bert Sutcliffe Oval is a cricket ground at Lincoln University in Lincoln, New Zealand that has staged first-class matches as well as international matches for both women's and under-19 level cricket...
in Lincoln
Lincoln, New Zealand
Lincoln is a town in the Selwyn District of Canterbury, New Zealand. The town has a population of 2,727.-Location:It is located on the Canterbury Plains to the west of Banks Peninsula, 22 kilometres south of Christchurch.-History:...
. After taking 1/21 from eight overs in Australia's 63-run win in the first match, Perry made 28 and 51 in the next two matches; the visitors collapsed to be all out for 156 and 170 respectively and cede a 2–1 series deficit. In the fourth match, Perry took 2/51 from 9.4 overs, taking the last wicket to seal a six-run win and level the series. In the deciding match, Perry was attacked by the hosts' batsmen and conceded 38 runs from five overs, but the Australians reached their target with eight wickets to spare and claim the series. Perry ended with 80 runs at 26.66 and four wickets at 41.00, but she was uneconomical, conceding 4.70 runs per over.
At the start of the 2008–09 season, Australia hosted an ODI series against India in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. Perry played in four of the matches, missing the third fixture. She took 3/21 from nine overs in the fourth ODI, her best ODI figures at the time, helping to seal a 118-run win. She ended the series with 16 runs at 16.00 and six wickets at 19.33 and an economy rate of 3.41. During the season's WNCL, Perry scored 24 runs at 8.00 and took 12 wickets at 24.25. Perry was low key in the early part of the season, taking only five wickets in the first six matches. After taking 2/32 and 1/37 against Victoria
Victorian Spirit
The Victorian Spirit are the women's representative cricket team for Victoria and they compete in the Women's National Cricket League. They are one of only two sides to win a WNCL title - 2002/3 & 2004/5....
in the last two round-robin matches, both of which ended in victories, Perry peaked in the final, where New South Wales met the Victorians again. She took 4/23 to help bowl out the Victorians for 117. Perry then came to the crease as her state was on the verge of victory, and was unbeaten without scoring when the winning runs were brought up with six wickets in hand. In two T20 matches for New South Wales, she took four wickets at 7.75 at an economy rate of 4.42, and scored 25 runs at 12.50. New South Wales won one match and lost the other.
After the WNCL finished, the Australians toured New Zealand for the Rose Bowl series, and Perry again struggled with the ball as she did in her previous visit to the country. Perry played in the first three matches and took one wicket at 77.00 and at an economy rate of 4.05. She made 29 in the first ODI and ended with 40 runs at 20.00. The Australians then returned home for the Women's World Cup, held in New South Wales. In her only warm-up match, she was attacked by England's batsmen, taking 1/42 from seven overs.
2009 World Cup and World Twenty20
In the opening match of the World Cup campaign, Perry was attacked by the New Zealand batsmen, but also took wickets, ending with 3/40 from six overs. She made 17 not out as Australia fell short of their target on the Duckworth-Lewis methodDuckworth-Lewis method
In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...
. Australia then needed to win their two remaining group matches to reach the Super Six phase. Perry took 0/28 from five overs and did not bat as Australia defeated South Africa by 61 runs. She then scored 36 and took 2/28 from ten overs in a 47-run win over the West Indies. In the first Super Six match, the Indians attacked her bowling and she conceded 56 runs from nine wicketless overs. she then made a duck as Australia made 7/218, falling 17 runs of their target. Perry then scored 12 not out and took 2/16 from seven overs as Australia defeated Pakistan by 107 runs. She missed Australia's final Super Six match against England, and although the hosts won, it was not enough for them to place in the top two in the standings and qualify for the final. In the third-place playoff, she made 2 of Australia's 142, and then took 2/26 from 6.5 overs, but was not able to prevent a three-wicket defeat. Perry ended the tournament with 67 runs at 22.33 and took nine wickets at 21.55 at an economy rate of 4.42.
Perry was selected for Australia's team for the inaugural Women's World Twenty20 held in England in 2009. The Australians hosted New Zealand for a three-match series in tropical Darwin
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
at the beginning of June before the World Cup, and Perry played in the first two matches, taking 1/33 and 1/9 from her four overs. Arriving in the northern hemisphere she took 3/16 from three overs in the team's only warm-up on English soil, a five-run win against the hosts.
However, Perry was not successful in the tournament. After making four not out in Australia's 8/123, she was attacked by the New Zealand batsmen and ended with 0/31 from three overs in a nine-wicket win. She then took 0/6 in two overs against the West Indies, and 1/13 in two overs against South Africa. She was not required to bat in either match as Australia won both to reach the semi-finals against the hosts. She did not bat and took 1/32 from four overs as England overhauled Australia's score of 5/163 to reach the final, which they won. Perry ended the tournament with two wickets at 41.00 at an economy rate of 7.36.
Perry and the Australians stayed in England for a bilateral series against the hosts, who were the reigning world champions in both ODIs and T20s, after the end of the World Twenty20. She played in all five ODIs, and was not successful, taking only three wickets at 50.00 and an economy rate of 5.55. Her best performance was in the third match at Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...
, scoring 16 not out before taking 2/31 from six overs in a two-wicket defeat. She ended the series with 34 runs at 17.00.
England won all the ODI matches except the last, which was washed out. Perry played in the one-off Test match at County Road in Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
. Coming in with the score on 6/257, Perry scored 18 not out from 63 balls as wickets fell steadily at the other end and Australia were bowled out for 309. She then took 1/49 from 14 overs, bowling England captain and leading batsman Edwards for 10, to help Australia take a 41-run lead. She then made 6 before being dismissed by spinner Holly Colvin
Holly Colvin
Holly Louise Colvin is an English cricketer and member of the current England women's cricket team.She currently holds the record of being the youngest Test cricketer of either sex to play for England.-School level:...
as Australia set the hosts a target of 273 before the match was drawn. She took 1/14 from eight overs in the second innings, removing opener Lydia Greenway
Lydia Greenway
Lydia Sophie Greenway is an English cricketer . She is a left-handed batsman and an occasional off spin bowler. She has appeared for England in seven Tests and 32 ODI's. In the first Test against South Africa in August 2003 she put on a world record 203 for the fourth wicket with Claire Taylor...
caught and bowled as the hosts ended on 3/106.
Perry started the 2009–10 WNCL strongly, scoring 66 in New South Wales' 198, her highest score in limited-overs cricket, before taking 3/42 from ten overs in a 15-run win over Queensland. She followed this with 2/19 in the second match of the double-header and 3/30 in the next game against the ACT. She took four wickets in the next three matches before peaking in the final double-header of the season, against South Australia. In the first match, she took career-best figure of 5/19 from eight overs to help dismiss South Australia for only 45. She then made an unbeaten 17 in the top-order to seal an eight-wicket win. The next day, she made 30 and then took 4/28 from 10 overs to ensure a 76-run win. In the final against Victoria, Perry scored 17 before being run out as New South Wales made 9/206. She then took 1/11 from her six overs to help dismiss the Victorians for 147 and seal a fifth consecutive WNCL title for New South Wales. Perry ended the season with 148 runs at 29.60 and 22 wickets at 10.63 at an economy rate of 3.29 from nine matches.
In contrast, Perry had an unsuccessful time in the domestic T20s, now part of a full interstate tournament, scoring five runs at 1.66 and taking three wickets at 39.33 at an economy rate of 5.61 in seven matches. Perry's best bowling came in the match against Tasmania, taking 2/14 from four overs. New South Wales met Victoria in the final, where Perry was attacked and conceded 17 runs from her two overs as Victoria made 5/127. Perry then made her only runs of the tournament, scoring five as New South Wales were bowled out for 75, handing Victoria a 51-run win and the title.
Perry then played in the Rose Bowl series against New Zealand, starting with a five-match home ODI series. In each of the first two matches, held at the Adelaide Oval
Adelaide Oval
The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide...
and won by the hosts, she took two wickets, and she also took two catches in the first match.
The last three matches of the series were held at the Junction Oval
Junction Oval
The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...
. In the third ODI, she scored an unbeaten 22 from 15 balls in the death overs, and took 1/33 in a 102-run win that sealed the series. In the fourth match of the series, she took 5/31, her best bowling figures in an ODI, helping to bowl out the tourists for 162, setting up a ten-wicket win. In the final match, she scored 30 from 22 balls in the closing overs, and then took 3/33 to seal a 103-run win and a 5–0 whitewash. She had taken 63 runs at 31.50 and taken 13 wickets at 12.61 and an economy rate of 4.29.
The ODIs were followed by three T20s at Bellerive Oval
Bellerive Oval
Bellerive Oval, also known as its sponsored name Blundstone Arena, is primarily a cricket and Australian Rules Football ground located in Bellerive, City of Clarence, on the eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia...
in Hobart
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
and two more in New Zealand at the start of the second phase of the bilateral contests. Perry played in every match and Australia was whitewashed, although she remained effective. She bowled her quota of four overs in each of the matches, and took seven wickets at 12.71 and an economy rate of only 4.45. She made 21 runs at 10.50, and took a back-pedalling catch.
Australia then swept New Zealand 3–0 in the ODIs in New Zealand. In the first match, she took 2/44 in the hosts' 6/228 and then made 27 from 30 balls in the runchase as the tourists struggled. Although she fell late, the Australians scraped home from the last ball of match. Perry took 2/49 and 1/25 in the next two matches and was not required to bat as the Australians chased their target in both matches with six wickets in hand. She ended the series with five wickets at 23.60 at 4.37.
2010 World Twenty20 triumph
Perry was part of the 2010 World Twenty202010 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was an international Twenty20 cricket tournament which was held in the West Indies from 5 May to 16 May 2010. The group stage matches were played at the Warner Park Sporting Complex on Saint Kitts. It was won by Australia, who defeated New Zealand in the final...
winning team in the West Indies and played in all of Australia's matches. She was the player of the match in the final. In the first warm-up match against New Zealand, which Australia lost by 18 runs, Perry took 1/22 from three overs, removing Elizabeth Perry for 10. She then made 2 not out from 2 balls at the end of Australia's innings. In the last warm-up match against Pakistan, Perry was not required to bat as Australia made 5/166. She ran out Pakistani captain Sana Mir
Sana Mir
Sana Mir is a female Pakistani cricketer and captain of the Pakistan women's team. She was announced Player of the Tournament at the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, and currently ranks 16th in the Women's ODI Bowlers in the ICC Player Rankings...
and bowled Nida Dar
Nida Dar
Nida Rashid Dar known as Nida Dar is an international cricketer from Pakistan.-One day:Dar made her one day international debut against Ireland on 6 October 2010 in Potchefstroom, South Africa..-T20:...
and Batool Fatima
Batool Fatima
Batool Fatima is a female cricketer who plays for the Pakistan. She has played 50 ODI games since 2001 and one Test in 2004.-References:...
to end with 2/13 from 3.3 overs as Australia won by 82 runs.
Australia were grouped with defending champions England, South Africa and the West Indies. In the first match, Perry caught Jenny Gunn
Jenny Gunn
Jennifer Louise Gunn is an English cricketer and a member of the current England women's team. A medium pace bowler and lower middle order batsman, she is the daughter of former Nottingham Forest player Bryn Gunn. She plays for Nottinghamshire and Western Australia and made her Test debut at 17...
from the bowling of Sthalekar and then bowled Katherine Brunt
Katherine Brunt
Katherine Helen Brunt is an English cricketer and member of the current England women's team. In 2006, she was named England women's Cricketer of the Year and again in 2010 ....
as England collapsed late in their innings, losing 6/22, leaving 15 balls unused. During Australia's pursuit of 105 for victory, Perry came in at 5/60 in the 12th over and made 1 from 3 balls before Gunn ran her out, leaving Australia at 6/62 in the 14th over. This was part of a passage of play during which Australia lost 3/18 in 29 balls, and at 7/63, they needed 42 runs from 34 for victory with three wickets in hand. Eventually, Australia recovered, before Rene Farrell
Rene Farrell
Rene Farrell is an Australian cricketer. A fast-medium pace bowler, she is a current member of the Australian team.Although Farrell was successful in age-group interstate cricket, she did not make her senior debut for New South Wales until late in the 2006–07 season a month before turning 20...
was run out
Run out
Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It is governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.-The rules:A batsman is out Run out if at any time while the ball is in play no part of his bat or person is grounded behind the popping crease and his wicket is fairly put down by the opposing...
going for the winning run from the third last ball available, leaving the scores tied.
A Super Over eventuated, and both teams made 2/6, suffering run outs in an attempt to secure a seventh run on the final ball. Australia was awarded the match because they had hit more sixes in the match—Jess Cameron
Jess Cameron
Jessica Evelyn Cameron is an Australian cricketer. A batsman, she is a current member of the Australian women's cricket team.Cameron made her debut for Victoria in the 2006–07 Women's National Cricket League...
scored the solitary six.
In the next match against South Africa, Perry made five runs from ten balls before being caught, the last player dismissed as Australia ended on 155 with three balls unused. This was part of a collapse in the death overs as Australia lost their last six wickets for 16, including the last four wickets for four runs. Perry came in to bat after Australia lost both Cameron and Sarah Elliott
Sarah Elliott
Sarah Jane Elliott is a female international cricketer for Australia. A right-handed batsman who also bowls leg spin, she made her international debut in 2005, but did not gain a regular position in the team until 2010....
with the score on 139, and saw three partners leave before being dismissed herself. In the run-chase, South Africa reached 0/33 from 5.3 overs before Perry ran out their captain Cri-Zelda Brits
Cri-Zelda Brits
Cri-Zelda Brits, also written Crizelda Brits and Cri-zelda Brits is an international cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, Brits was originally called up to the South Africa national women's cricket team as an opening bowler in 2002...
. Perry later bowled Chloe Tryon
Chloe Tryon
Chloe-Lesleigh Tryon , is a South Africa cricketer. She has made one women's Twenty20 International appearance for South Africa On her debut for South Africa, a Twenty20 International against West Indies in the 2010 Women's World Twenty20, she claimed two wickets in her first over.-External links:...
late in the innings and ended with 1/16 from three overs as Australia completed a 22-run win.
Perry was not required to bat as Australia finished on 7/133 in the final group match against the West Indies. In the second over of the run-chase, Perry ran out Juliana Nero
Juliana Nero
Juliana Barbara Nero in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. She is a West Indies cricketer who has played one women's Test match and 43 women's One Day Internationals for the West Indies including the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa.-References:...
with a throw to Rene Farrell
Rene Farrell
Rene Farrell is an Australian cricketer. A fast-medium pace bowler, she is a current member of the Australian team.Although Farrell was successful in age-group interstate cricket, she did not make her senior debut for New South Wales until late in the 2006–07 season a month before turning 20...
. She later had Deandra Dottin
Deandra Dottin
Deandra Jalisa Shakira Dottin is an international cricketer. A right-handed batswoman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, Dottin made her debut for the West Indies women's cricket team in June 2008...
caught behind for a duck, before dismissing Pamela Lavine
Pamela Lavine
Pamela Yvonne Lavine is a West Indies cricketer who has played over 20 women's One Day Internationals since 2004. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler, she has scored three ODI half-centuries and one Twenty20 International half-century.-References:...
in the penultimate over. Perry ended with 2/19 from three overs as Australia won by nine runs to finish the group stage unbeaten at the top of their quartet.
Australia went on to face India in the semi-final, and Perry took 1/19 from her four overs as India made 5/119. At the start of the 17th over bowled by Perry, India were on 2/88, and the partnership between Harmanpreet Kaur
Harmanpreet Kaur
Harmanpreet Kaur is a cricketer who has played in eight women's one-day internationals and six Twenty20 internationals for India.-References:...
and Poonam Raut
Poonam Raut
Poonam Raut is a cricketer who has played in four women's one-day internationals and four Twenty20 internationals for India.-References:...
had yielded 57 runs. Perry ran out Kaur from the first ball of the over, and two balls later, the Indian captain Jhulan Goswami
Jhulan Goswami
Jhulan Goswami is an all round cricketer who plays for the India national women's cricket team, Bengal Women, East Zone Women as well as the Asia Women XI women's cricket team. She is currently the Indian Women's cricket team captain...
was run out by Blackwell. Perry then had Raut caught from the next ball and India had lost 3/1 in four balls. Perry was required to neither bat nor bowl as the Indians ended with 3/119, which was chased down by the Australians with seven wickets and seven balls to spare.
Australia batted first in the final against New Zealand, and Perry was not required as they reached 106, losing their eighth wicket from the last ball of the innings. New Zealand started their chase solidly, before losing two wickets by the end of the fifth over. Perry's first over was the sixth of the innings, and she dismissed Suzie Bates
Suzie Bates
Suzannah Wilson Bates is a New Zealand cricketer. She plays for the White Ferns and the Otago Sparks in the State League as well as for her national team...
, who tried to pull but skied the ball down the ground and was caught by Elliott, who ran across from mid-off, for 18. In her following over, the eighth of the innings, Perry uprooted Amy Satterthwaite
Amy Satterthwaite
Amy Ella Satterthwaite is a New Zealand cricketer . She was born on 7 October 1986 in Christchurch, Canterbury and plays for Canterbury Women as a left-handed batsman and right arm medium pace bowler....
's off stump with a ball that kept low and New Zealand were in trouble at 4/29 in the eighth over.
Perry was then taken out of the attack and the New Zealanders consolidated and rebuilt the innings. Nicola Browne
Nicola Browne
Nicola Jane Browne is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the New Zealand in the women's one-day internationals and plays for the Northern Districts in the State League. She played in the 2005 and 2009 Women's Cricket World Cups, and was player of the series in the 2010 ICC Women's World...
and Sophie Devine
Sophie Devine
Sophie Frances Monique Devine is a member of the New Zealand women's cricket team.-External links:*...
put on 41 from as many balls. In the 18th over, Browne was caught behind for 20 from Perry, and New Zealand were 6/103 at the start of the last over, needing 14 runs to win. Perry was given the ball. A single from the first ball put Devine on strike, and she hit four consecutive twos. Devine required five runs from the last ball to win and she struck a powerful straight drive. If the ball had gone past Perry, it could have reached the boundary for a four to tie the match and force a Super Over. Perry stuck out her right foot and the ball deflected to mid-on where Sthalekar stopped the ball and only one run was scored. This sealed an Australian win by three runs. Perry was named the player of the match for her 3/18.
Football (soccer)
In football (soccer), Perry plays as a defenderDefender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
. She played her first match for the Australian national team, an Olympic qualifying match
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's qualification
The women's qualification for football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Qualifications:A total of twelve teams will participate in the finals of the Olympic tournament for women...
against Hong Kong
Hong Kong women's national football team
The Hong Kong women's national football team is the female representative football team for Hong Kong.-World Cup record:-Olympic Games:*1996 - Did not enter*2000 - Did not qualify*2004 - Did not qualify*2008 - Did not qualify...
at the Hong Kong Football Club, on 4 August 2007. She played this match at the age of 16 years and 9 months, and less than two weeks after her international cricket debut. Perry scored a goal
Goal (sport)
Goal refers to a method of scoring in many sports. It can also refer to the physical structure or area of the playing surface where scoring occurs....
in the second minute of the match as Australia won 8-1.
, she has played eleven matches for the national team, including five in the 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
-Group B:---------------------Knockout Map:-Semi final:-----Third place playoff:-Final:-See also:*AFC Women's Asian Cup*Asian Football Confederation*Women's football...
, where she scored a goal against South Korea
Korea Republic women's national football team
The South Korea national women's football team represents South Korea in international Women's football competitions. The team is recognised as Korea Republic by FIFA...
. She has also played three matches for the Young Matildas
Australia women's national under-20 football team
The Australian women's national under-20 football team, more commonly known as the Young Matildas, represents Australia in international women's Under 20 football competition.-Current squad:GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards...
, the Australian youth team.
Her domestic team was the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian W-League
W-League (Australia)
The W-League is the preeminent women's semi-professional football league in Australia. Established in 2008, it is composed of eight teams - seven of them are affiliated with seven of the Australian clubs currently in the A-League, with the eighth team based in Canberra...
during the 2008–09
W-League 2008–09
The 2008–09 W-League season was the first season of the W-League, the Australian national women's football competition. The season was played over 10 rounds, followed by a finals series...
season.
Perry made her debut against Queensland Roar on Saturday, 15 November 2008 after being substituted on for team-mate Lyndsay Glohe
Lyndsay Glohe
Lyndsay Glohe is an Australian football player, who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian W-League.Lyndsay made her debut against Melbourne Victory on Saturday, 25 October 2008.-External links:*...
. She then went on to play another 2 games, also off the bench.
Perry left the Central Coast Mariners and began playing for Canberra United
Canberra United FC
Canberra United Football Club is an Australian football club that competes in the W-League, the national women's competition. Based in Canberra, the club was formed in 2008 for the league's inaugural season...
at the start of the 2009 W-League
2009 W-League (Australia)
The 2009 W-League season was the second season of the W-League, the Australian national women's football competition. The season was played over 10 rounds followed by a finals series...
season.
At the annual Westfield W-League awards dinner in 2009, Perry was jointly awarded the Young Player of the Year Award with Brisbane Roar's Elise Kellond-Knight
Elise Kellond-Knight
Elise Kellond-Knight is an Australian football player, who currently plays for Fortuna Hjørring in the Danish Elitedivisionen and the Australian national team....
and won three club awards for the season - the Player's, Supporter's and overall Club player of the year.
Perry was selected in the Matildas squad for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. In the Norway vs Australia group game, Perry came on as a late substitute, and thus became the first Australia woman to represent Australia at a senior World Cup in two different sports, namely cricket and association football. Perry was in the starting line-up for the quarter final against Sweden in which match, with Australia down 0-2, Perry scored Australia's opening goal.
Choice of sport
Both cricket and football (soccer) are keen to retain Perry in their sport. She has accepted in interviews that she will probably one day have to choose between them, but for the moment she is pursuing both. In 2010 Perry was faced with the decision whether to play for Australia at the ICC World Twenty20ICC World Twenty20
The ICC World Twenty20 or ICC World T20 also referred to as the T20 World Cup is the international championship of Twenty20 cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council...
or at the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
-Semi finals:-----Third place playoff:-Final:- Awards :-Goalscorers:3 goals Yoo Young-A Kozue Ando Homare Sawa Jo Yun-Mi2 goals Zhang Rui Mami Yamaguchi Samantha Kerr...
which overlapped, of which she chose cricket.