Ellyse Perry (Cricketer) Biography, Age, Height, Career, Stats, Batting Style and Bowling, T20 Ranking, Family, Father, Husband, Net Worth, Education, Records, Instagram, and More

Ellyse Perry is an Australian football and cricket player. She was born on 3 November 1990 in Wahroonga, Australia. Her age is 33 years.

Ellyse Perry Personal Life

Ellyse Alexandra Perry was born 3 November 1990 is an Australian sportswoman who has represented her country in cricket and association football. Having debuted for both the national cricket team and the national soccer team at the age of 16, she is the youngest Australian to play international cricket and the first to have appeared in both ICC and FIFA World Cups. Gradually becoming a single-sport professional athlete from 2014 onward, Perry’s acclaimed cricket career has continued to flourish and she is now widely considered to be one of the greatest female players ever.

A genuine all-rounder, Perry’s mastery of both batting and fast bowling disciplines is reflected in several statistical achievements—she was the first player to amass a combined 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in T20Is, she holds the record for the highest score by an Australian woman in Test matches (213 not out), and she was the third player to claim 150 wickets in women’s ODIs.

Ellyse Perry Education

Perry grew up in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga, attending Beecroft Primary School and Pymble Ladies’ College. At Pymble, she captained sports, athletics, and cricket. In addition to cricket and soccer, she also played tennis, athletics, touch football, and golf during her school years. At the age of nine, she became friends with future Australian teammate Alyssa Healy, and the two played cricket together for many years. Perry is more commonly known by the nickname “Pez” because of the ill-fitting uniform she wore at junior level. Healy called her “Dags” because of the uniform she wore at junior level.

Cricket Career

Perry was fast-tracked into the Australian team for a series in July 2007 against New Zealand, despite having never played a match at senior level. She made her One Day International debut in Darwin on 22 July at the age of 16 years and 8 months, becoming the youngest-ever cricketer to represent Australia. Taking two wickets for 37 runs from eight overs, her first scalp was Maria Fahey, whom she bowled for 11. Then, batting down the order at nine, she made 19 from 20 balls before Australia were all out for 174 to lose by 35 runs.

In her Twenty20 International debut at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against England on 1 February 2008, Perry “confirmed herself as a star for the future” through a “superb all-round performance” which included a late-innings knock of 29 not out from 25 balls before taking 4/20 off 4 overs to help Australia win by 21 runs.

International cricket career of Ellyse Perry

International cricket career of Ellyse Perry

Ellyse Perry made her WODI debut at the age of 16 years against New Zealand and was the youngest to represent Australia in Cricket. In her first match, she took 2 wickets for 37 runs from eight overs. She went on to score over 3000 runs and became the 3rd player in Women’s Cricket to pick up 150 wickets in WODI.

She made her test debut at the age of 17 years against England in 2008 and was the youngest Australian to playtests. Perry picked up 3 wickets and scored 27 runs in that match.

She scored a total of 624 runs and picked up 31 wickets so far in her test career and also became the fourth woman to hit two consecutive Ashes Test centuries after Betty Wilson, Enid Bakewell and Claire Taylor.

Perry made her WT20I debut against England in 2008 and scored 25 runs and picked up 4 wickets and impressed everyone. She became the only player to score 1000 runs and pick up 100 wickets in both Men’s and Women’s T20I career, and also she has played over 100 T20I matches so far in her career.