The star allrounder deflected praise to her teammates after a superb spell of fast bowling dismantled England in the third ODI
Team comes first for modest Perry
In 10 devastating overs on a sunny Canterbury afternoon, Ellyse Perry reinforced her status as the game’s greatest allround player as she left England’s hopes of regaining the Ashes in tatters.
Almost four years to the day after she bagged six wickets to bowl Australia to a Test match victory at the St Lawrence Ground, Perry tore through England in a spell of 7-22 at the same venue, the best-ever ODI figures by an Australian woman.
She eclipsed the previous best figures of 7-24 held by legendary allrounder Shelley Nitschke – who, as Australia’s current assistant coach, was watching on from the dugout – while her numbers were the fourth best overall in women’s ODIs.