Cricket Australia congratulates Perry on three hundredth worldwide match

Cricket Australia (CA) has congratulated star all-rounder Ellyse Perry on her three hundredth worldwide match and hailed her as a job mannequin for the younger era.

The 33-year-old reached the numerous milestone throughout the second T20I towards India on the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.

Perry had scored an unbeaten 34 as Australia claimed a six-wicket victory to degree the collection.

“Congratulations to Ellyse Perry on her 300th international appearance overnight,” CA CEO Nick Hockley mentioned in an announcement.

“Ellyse is one of the finest all-rounders the game has ever seen and is the most inspiring role model for young people aspiring to play sport.”

Perry, who made her worldwide debut towards New Zealand in July 2007 as a 16-year-old, has been a part of six T20 World Cup wins, two ODI World Cups titles and a Commonwealth Games gold medal.

“She has been such an instrumental part of the Australian women’s cricket team, which is one of the most successful teams in Australian sporting history. It is testament to Ellyse’s professionalism and sustained performance at the elite level that she has just been nominated for ICC T20 cricketer of the year.

“We look forward to being able to watch Ellyse and the rest of the Australian team take on South Africa in a multi-format series which begins on January 27 in Canberra.”

No one has taken extra wickets for Australia than Perry’s 323 throughout all three codecs, whereas her 6,585 runs place her second general, behind Meg Lanning.

She was the primary participant – male or feminine – to attain 1,000 runs and take 100 wickets in T20 Internationals, an accomplishment she additionally achieved in One-Day Internationals.