page_title: Ellyse Perry
section_title: 2016–17: Individual dominance, team disappointment
hierarchical_section_title: Ellyse Perry / International cricket / 2016–17: Individual dominance, team disappointment
caption_attribution_description: English: Ellyse Perry is looking tired after a long day in the field on the first day of the 2017–18 Women's Ashes Test at North Sydney Oval. Shortly after this photo was taken, she simply lost the plot following her freakish caught and bowled dismissal of England's Sarah Taylor ...
context_page_description: Ellyse Alexandra Perry is an Australian sportswoman who has represented her country in cricket and association football, debuting for both the national cricket team and the national soccer team at the age of 16. Perry 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 fast-medium all-rounder, Perry's mastery of both batting and 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, and she became just the third player to claim 150 wickets in women's ODIs. Her participation in many successful teams at international and domestic level across cricket's primary formats has led to winning six world championships with Australia, eleven WNCL championships with New South Wales, and two WBBL championships with the Sydney Sixers.
context_section_description: Australia suffered a shock upset loss in each of the 2016 World Twenty20 and 2017 Cricket World Cup tournaments at critical stages to be denied two major pieces of silverware. Perry, however, was experiencing a transcendent statistical period in her career, particularly evidenced through her batting in the ODI format of the game—in a 23-innings stretch, she made 17 scores of at least 50 runs at an average of 89.53.
  The disparity between Perry's rich vein of form and the national team's underwhelming output was underlined during the 2017–18 Women's Ashes, especially in the day-night Test at North Sydney Oval when she played a historic innings of 213 not out while no other team mate managed to score more than 47. Her first international century, which set a new record for the highest score by an Australian in women's Tests, was not enough to carry the team to victory as the match ended in a draw. Likewise, the series ended with the two teams level on points, although this meant Australia would nevertheless successfully retain the Ashes.
caption: Perry during 2017–18 Women's Ashes Test at North Sydney Oval
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