Ellyse Perry

In cricket, Perry is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm pace. She is also a highly skilled fielder with safe hands and a strong throwing-arm. Perry's tall, athletic build paired with her speed across the ground makes her particularly adept at riding the boundary, and she is prone to creating "incredible" catches and run outs off her own bowling.

Bowling

Perry typically bowls at speeds ranging between 110 and 115 km/h, though she can reach up to 125 km/h which puts her near the fastest in the women's game. A natural outswing bowler, she is also able to move the ball into the right-handed batter through the air and off the pitch. With a "blonde ponytail swaying from side to side" and a "lovely, rhythmic action", her smooth run-up is the length of 18 casual paces and has been described as "a sight to behold". She is at her most effective when "crafting an intimidating spell in which her opponent is pinned down, pushed back and controlled by fastidious line and length" and "outfoxing the best in the business with careful planning and perfect execution". During her time at the Loughborough Lightning, she worked with coach Matthew Hoggard to make "some small technical" adjustments to her run-up and movement through the popping crease. Due to team balance, Perry tends to bowl less frequently when playing with the Sydney Sixers, delivering 80 fewer overs than teammate Marizanne Kapp across the first five WBBL seasons.

Batting

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Perry was born at the Sydney Adventist Hospital and raised in the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai suburbs of Wahroonga and West Pymble, she attended Beecroft Primary School and Pymble Ladies' College. She was Sports, Athletics, and Cricket Captain at Pymble. During her school years, she played a range of sports beside cricket and soccer, such as tennis, athletics, touch football and golf. She became friends with future Australian teammate Alyssa Healy at the age of nine, and they played cricket together throughout childhood. Healy occasionally referred to her as "Dags" because of an ill-fitting uniform she wore at junior level, though Perry is more commonly known by the nickname "Pez". Soon after turning 16, Perry played cricket for New South Wales in an under-19 interstate tournament in January 2007. In three matches, she scored 74 runs and took three wickets. A month later, she was selected in the Australian youth team for a tour of New Zealand, playing against the hosts' second XI. She scored 43 runs at 21.50 and took one wicket at 100.00.

Cricket

Team

Australia

ICC Cricket World Cup (2): 2013, 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup (6): 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023 Commonwealth Games gold medal: 2022 New South Wales

Women's National Cricket League (11): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup (2): 2012–13, 2014–15 Sydney Sixers

Women's Big Bash League (2): 2016–17, 2017–18 Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Women's Premier League: 2024

Individual

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award (2): 2017, 2019 ICC Women's Cricketer of the Decade: 2011–2020 ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year: 2019 ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Decade: 2011–2020 ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Decade: 2011–2020 Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World (2): 2016, 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Player of the Final: 2010 Women's Ashes Player of the Series (3): 2013–14, 2015, 2019 Belinda Clark Award (3): 2016, 2018, 2020 One of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year: 2020 Women's National Cricket League Player of the Tournament: 2015–16 Women's National Cricket League Player of the Final: 2008–09 Women's Big Bash League Player of the Tournament: 2018–19 Belinda Clark Medal (3): 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19 Cricket NSW Rising Star: 2007–08 Sydney Sixers Player of the Season (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2023–24 Sport NSW Athlete of the Year: 2019 Australia Post Legend of Cricket: 2021 Women's Premier League Orange Cap: 2024 Women's Big…