Ellyse Perry the wondergirl

by sV Fri 09 Aug 2013, 11:54 am

Perry, a 23-year-old who has represented Australia in the women's senior cricket and soccer teams, opened the bowling and took 2-14 from four overs for Sydney Cricket Club in an under-21 Twenty20 match against Blacktown.

And she was unbeaten on five at the non-striker's end when the winning runs were hit.

"It was pretty much the same as every Sunday," Perry said. "The only difference was there was 10 big, brute boys out there.

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"Hopefully this makes people realise there are great opportunities for young girls. There's no reason there can't be a mixed comp."

In what might be a good omen, Perry's first wicket was an Englishman, opening batsman Joe Robbins.

"I'm happy to go down in history," Robbins said.

"She was hard to face, really caught me flashing at something I shouldn't have."

Regarded as one of the quicker bowlers in women's international cricket, Perry bowls around medium pace by male standards.

With Sydney requiring 114 for victory, Perry didn't get much batting practice after a big opening partnership. However, coming in at first drop she finished five not out, as Sydney strolled to a nine-wicket victory.