Aussies need to play smarter: Perry

Australia need to play smarter if they are to beat England in tomorrow's third T20 international in Canberra, according to star allrounder Ellyse Perry.

The hosts were on track to win Sunday's second T20I and seal the series at 0-42 after five overs chasing 153, but a series of poor shots and bad luck led to a collapse of 4-7 and a 40-run loss.

Perry said the Australians have reviewed not only their own performances from defeat at Manuka Oval, but the efforts of their opponents.

"If we're chasing, just doing it with the right amount of composure and intelligence," Perry told reporters on Tuesday when asked what the team aims to get right tomorrow.

"I think we lacked a little bit of that yesterday.

"In our chase we lost clumps of wickets, we played some pretty silly shots at times and made poor decisions.

"We've all had a look at our footage and spoken about that and come up with ideas about how we're going to accumulate our runs if we're chasing.

"And if we're setting it's not too different. We want to be aggressive and play positive cricket but you've got to be smart about the way you do that too.

"England did that a lot better yesterday. The amount of twos that they found in the field, they kept the ball along the ground a lot and once they were set they went big.

"They showed how to do it and it's something that we need to improve on tomorrow."

Perry is the leading run-scorer in the multi-format Commonwealth Women's Ashes Series due in large to her record-breaking 213no in the historic day-night Test match at North Sydney Oval.

However, since that monster innings she's scored one and five in the two T20Is.

The right-hander said the shift up in gears from Test cricket to the T20 format has not affected her form with the bat despite the lean scores.

"T20 is a format where things come off or they don't," Perry said.

"We spoke about momentum and we've got a real emphasis in the team that you go out and play your role every time and hopefully that will come off for someone.

"We saw Beth (Mooney) do a brilliant job in that first game at North Sydney (scoring 86no).

"Yesterday no-one took onus of the innings and that's why we fell short."

Despite having already retained the Women's Ashes, Australia have dual motivations to win tomorrow.

First, it would see the hosts actually win the campaign 10-6 on points and not retain the trophy with a drawn series across the three formats.

Secondly, a win would deliver Australia their first T20 series win in more than two years, having lost to England, India and New Zealand twice since beating Ireland 3-0 in August 2015.

And with the 2018 Women's World T20 in the Caribbean less than 12 months away, every performance counts tomorrow.

"We still haven't won a T20 series in the last couple of years, we have big tournaments coming up in that arena," Perry said.

"England are the reigning world champs and we were a bit disappointing in the World Cup this year, so for us to come out and play how we have so far in this series was important in retaining a bit of pride ourselves and dominance in world cricket, but also I don't want to leave with the scoreline being 8-8, I'd love it to be 10-6.

"I think that would be a really good reflection on how hard the group has work and how we've played, but you can't just expect that against a team like England who are the world champions and also one of the best teams in the world."

Perry spoke to reporters today alongside former Australia captain Mark Taylor, who is also the chairman of Sporting Chance Cancer Foundation.

Sporting Chance has been running since 1997, raising money for homecare programs for kids and their families and has generated more than $10 million in the past 20 years.

Taylor was on deck to introduce Perry as the Sporting Chance's newest patron, a position Perry gladly accepted when approached by the 104-Test veteran.

"It's a huge honour to come on board with Mark and the rest of the patrons and the entire charity," she said.

"I was very, very privileged to have such a wonderful childhood and I think that shaped a huge part of the opportunities I've had in my adult life to do things I love doing and have always wanted to do.

"From that point of view, for a family if a child is diagnosed with cancer that's incredibly traumatic and challenging but with programs like Sporting Chance it gives them a great opportunity to firstly fully recover and then go on and do wonderful things."

For more information head to sportingchance.com.au.

2017-18 International Fixtures:

Magellan Ashes Series

First Test Gabba, November 23-27. Buy tickets

Second Test Adelaide Oval, December 2-6 (Day-Night). Buy tickets

Third Test WACA Ground, December 14-18. Buy tickets

Fourth Test MCG, December 26-30. Buy tickets

Fifth Test SCG, January 4-8 (Pink Test). Buy tickets

Gillette ODI Series v England

First ODI MCG, January 14. Buy tickets

Second ODI Gabba, January 19. Buy tickets

Third ODI SCG, January 21. Buy tickets

Fourth ODI Adelaide Oval, January 26. Buy tickets

Fifth ODI Perth TBC, January 28. Join the ACF

Prime Minister's XI

PM's XI v England Manuka Oval, February 2. Buy tickets

Gillette T20 INTL Series

First T20I Australia v NZ, SCG, February 3. Buy tickets

Second T20I – Australia v England, Blundstone Arena, February 7. Buy tickets

Third T20I – Australia v England, MCG, February 10. Buy tickets

Fourth T20I – NZ v England, Wellington, February 13

Fifth T20I – NZ v Australia, Eden Park, February 16

Sixth T20I – NZ v England, Seddon Park, February 18

Final – TBC, Eden Park, February 21