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Ellyse Perry

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Ellyse Perry is an Australian international cricketer, an all-rounder who bats and bowls fast for the Australian women's cricket team. She is one of a small number of athletes to have represented Australia at senior international level in two different sports, having also played for the Australian women's national soccer team at a Womens World Cup, before concentrating on cricket, where she became one of the sport's most decorated all-round players.

Facts
Birth Year
1990 2
Birth Date
1990-11-03 1
Nationality
Australian 1
Career Highlight
Youngest Australian to play international cricket, and the first to appear in both ICC and FIFA World Cups. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Team 1
FAQs

How young was Ellyse Perry when she first played for Australia?

She made her senior debut for Australia in July 2007 before her 17th birthday.

Ellyse Perry became the youngest Australian ever to play senior international cricket. She made her debut in the second one-day international of the Rose Bowl Series in Darwin in July 2007, before her 17th birthday. She made her domestic debut in the 2007-08 Women's National Cricket League season, taking 2 wickets for 29 runs from 10 overs in her first match.
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Competed In

Source Wikipedia, Ellyse Perry

Plays

Cricket, Sports
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Nationality

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Sources
1. Wikipedia, Ellyse Perry
Wikipedia
  • Lead sentence, birth date
    Ellyse Alexandra Perry (born 3 November 1990) is an Australian international cricketer and former soccer player.
  • Lead sentence, birth year
    Ellyse Alexandra Perry (born 3 November 1990) is an Australian international cricketer and former soccer player.
  • Lead sentence, nationality
    Ellyse Alexandra Perry (born 3 November 1990) is an Australian international cricketer and former soccer player.
  • Lead paragraph, career highlight
    Having debuted for both the national cricket and national soccer team at the age of 16, she is the youngest Australian to play international cricket and the first to appear in both ICC and FIFA World Cups.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Ellyse Alexandra Perry (born 3 November 1990) is an Australian international cricketer and former soccer player.
  • Competed In: Cricket World Cup, Article text (competition)
    Perry made her first appearance at a major ICC tournament via the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup on home soil.
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2. Wikidata: Ellyse Perry
Wikidata Q600090, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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