Ellyse Perry became the first Australian player to play 9 consecutive T20 World Cups; Created history
Australia vs Sri Lanka, Women's T20 World Cup 2024: As soon as she took the field against Sri Lanka, Perry became the first Australian player in the history of women's cricket to play 9 consecutive T20 World Cups.
In the 5th match of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024, six-time champion Australia is facing Sri Lanka. In this match being played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Australia's legendary all-rounder Ellyse Perry has created history and made a big record in her name.
The moment Perry took the field against Sri Lanka, she became the first Australian player in the history of women's cricket to play 9 successive T20 World Cups. Perry played the first-ever T20 World Cup for Australia in 2008. Since then, she has played every edition of the ICC T20 World Cup. Perry is the seventh player in the world to feature in 9 World Cups. She is the new entrant in this list after Harmanpreet Kaur, Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Stephanie Taylor, Marizanne Kapp, and Chamari Athapattu, who have achieved this feat.
So far, Perry has played 43 matches for Australia in the T20 World Cup. She has scored 371 runs at an average of 26.50 in its 25 innings. In addition to this, Perry has taken 40 wickets. She is the second-highest wicket-taker in the T20 World Cup. She has only four wickets to go to top this list.
