Ellyse Perry

Ellyse Perry
Perry during the Women's Ashes in 2017
Personal information
Full name
Ellyse Alexandra Perry
Born (1990-11-03) 3 November 1990
Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
NicknamePez
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
Relations
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    (m. 2015; sep. 2020)​
Websiteellyseperry.com
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 152)15 February 2008 v England
Last Test6 March 2026 v India
ODI debut (cap 109)22 July 2007 v New Zealand
Last ODI30 October 2025 v India
ODI shirt no.8
T20I debut (cap 21)1 February 2008 v England
Last T20I21 February 2026 v India
T20I shirt no.8
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007/08–2018/19New South Wales
2015/16–presentSydney Sixers
2016–2017Loughborough Lightning
2018Supernovas
2019/20–2023/24Victoria
2022–presentBirmingham Phoenix
2023–presentRoyal Challengers Bangalore
2024/25Wellington
2025Hampshire
2025–presentNew South Wales
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 15 165 171 269
Runs scored 1006 4,504 2,201 7,417
Batting average 59.17 48.43 30.15 47.85
100s/50s 2/5 3/37 0/9 11/50
Top score 213* 112* 75 147
Balls bowled 2,061 5,806 2,447 10,310
Wickets 39 166 126 298
Bowling average 21.82 25.56 18.92 23.98
5 wickets in innings 2 3 0 5
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/32 7/22 4/12 7/22
Catches/stumpings 6/– 56/– 49/– 95/–
Medal record
Women's cricket
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner2013 India
Winner2022 New Zealand
ICC T20 World Cup
Winner2010 West Indies
Winner2012 Sri Lanka
Winner2014 Bangladesh
Winner2018 West Indies
Winner2020 Australia
Winner2023 South Africa
Winner2026 England & Wales
Runner-up2016 India
Source: ESPNCricInfo, 10 March 2026
Association football career
Perry playing for Canberra United in 2009
Position Defender
Youth career
2008 NSW Sapphires
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Central Coast Mariners 3 (0)
2009–2012 Canberra United 24 (2)
2012–2016 Sydney FC 18 (1)
Total 45 (3)
International career‡
2007 Australia U-20 3 (0)
2007–2013 Australia 18 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 September 2016
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 July 2011

Ellyse Alexandra Perry (born 3 November 1990) is an Australian international cricketer and former soccer player. Having debuted for both the national cricket and national soccer team at the age of 16, she is the youngest Australian to play international cricket and the first to appear 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 widely regarded to be one of the greatest female cricketers of all time.

An all-rounder, 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. Her contribution to various successful teams at international and domestic level across cricket's primary formats has led to winning eight world championships with Australia, eleven WNCL championships with New South Wales, two WBBL titles with the Sydney Sixers, and one WPL title with Royal Challengers Bengaluru. She has also been recognised with numerous individual honours, such as winning the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award and the Belinda Clark Award three times each, and being named as one of the Wisden Five Cricketers of the Decade: 2010–19.

Due to her on-field performance, off-field marketability and stature as "the ultimate role model", Perry is credited as a leading figure for the rising female presence in Australia's sporting culture.