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Ellyse Perry took a special milestone in her stride as she celebrated instead her team's success to wrap up the ODI series against NZ

Ellyse Perry certainly has a flair for theatre when it comes to bringing up major milestones, but her reaction to scoring her maiden ODI century was typically downplayed.

Perry brought up triple figures from the second-last ball of Australia's innings in the second Commonwealth Bank ODI at Adelaide's Karen Rolton Oval on Sunday.

After losing the strike twice during the final over, she went hard at a delivery from Hayley Jensen on 97 and almost sent the ball straight down the throat of fielder Anna Peterson, only for the ball to be dropped and subsequently roll over the rope – handing Perry a century that almost went begging.

Perry's dramatic milestone moment

But rather than focusing on reaching the milestone, Perry says she simply wanted to boost Australia's total, which, at 7-247, had seemed under par before their bowlers dominated to secure a 95-run win.

"It being the last over, I just felt like it was worth chancing my arm because we needed to put on a decent total," said Perry, who finished unbeaten on 107 after striking a six from the final ball of the innings.

"I still think we were 20 to 30 runs short in terms of batting to our best and especially in those last few overs, it was hard to find the boundary and the responsibility was on me to try and hit the boundary a few times.

"I think I hit it okay and with the breeze, so fortunately she misjudged it. It's just one of those things."

It's not the first time Perry's reached triple figures in memorable fashion.

The 28-year-old famously celebrated her double century twice during the 2017 day-night Ashes Test at North Sydney Oval – believing she'd hit a six when it turned out she'd struck a four.

The first of her two WBBL|04 centuries came when she hit the winning runs from the final ball of the innings, while the second came from the final ball of the innings against the Heat.

This century was Perry's second at international level and first in limited-overs cricket, but the 28-year-old allrounder downplayed the significance of the milestone.

Super Perry posts maiden ODI century

"It's nice, I think for me to be honest it's just a number," she said. "I've never worried too much about it, I really love my role and my job in the team and that's to contribute with bat and ball.

"It's cool to say now I've scored a hundred for Australia but in the scheme of things it's not a huge deal for me to be honest."

On a hot Adelaide day where the mercury was approaching 37 degrees, Perry backed up her efforts with the bat by taking the new ball.

In the sixth over of the New Zealand chase she created the first breakthrough when she had star White Ferns opener Suzie Bates chopping on for 11.

The right-arm quick said she'd had little problem with the physical demands of posting a century and then taking the new ball.

Aussies dominate to secure Rose Bowl

"(Backing up) was okay, I guess I've done it a little bit," she said. "The conditions were warm but I think because there wasn't a huge amount of humidity around it was pretty nice to be out there and there was a bit of a breeze, too.

"I've really been enjoying the opportunity with the new ball alongside 'Schutter' (Megan Schutt) because I think it's an important role for our team, in terms of looking at New Zealand's batting line-up and their strengths – their opening pair of Suzie and Sophie (Devine) and then with Amy (Satterthwaite) coming in at four.

"It's a crucial time to bowl and it's really nice to be given that responsibility, so I've really enjoyed that."

Australia will travel to Melbourne on Monday, where they'll have the week to prepare for next Sunday's third and final Rose Bowl ODI at Junction Oval.

The match will be broadcast live on Fox Sports and the Seven Network and can be live streamed via Kayo, with news, scores and highlights on cricket.com.au and the CA Live App.

CommBank ODIs v NZ 

Australia squad: Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes (vc), Nicola Carey, Lauren Cheatle, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Elyse Villani, Georgia Wareham

New Zealand squad: Amy Satterthwaite (c), Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Lauren Down, Maddy Green, Hayley Jensen, Leigh Kasperek, Amelia Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Katey Martin, Katie Perkins, Anna Peterson, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu

February 22: Australia won by five runs

February 24: Australia won by 95 runs

March 3: Third ODI, Junction Oval, Melbourne