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Hans India
24-04-2025
- Sport
- Hans India
Ellyse Perry rejoins NSW after six-year Victoria stint
Ellyse Perry is returning to New South Wales after spending six years representing Victoria in state cricket. Despite her limited availability - just 20 Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) matches for Victoria due to international duties - Perry impressed with 1052 runs at an average of 75.14 and took 13 wickets. Her return to NSW, the reigning WNCL champions, comes with similar restrictions, as she will miss the early part of next season while competing in the ODI World Cup. However, there could be a window for her to play in January ahead of Australia's multi-format series against India. During her time with Victoria, Perry continued to represent the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL. 'The last six years I've spent in Melbourne and at Cricket Victoria have been extremely fond ones and I'm incredibly grateful for all the opportunities and memories that I'll cherish,' Perry said. 'I'm really looking forward to being back in Sydney and closer to my family and longtime friends. It's been lovely to stay in touch with CNSW through the Sixers and I feel very fortunate to be walking back into a world class program led by Leah Poulton and her staff.' Leah Poulton, Head of Female Elite Cricket at Cricket NSW, said Perry's return is a significant moment for the program. "We're thrilled to welcome Ellyse back home to the Breakers. She's not only one of the world's premier cricketers, but also a role model and leader whose impact extends far beyond the field," Poulton said. "Pez' professionalism, experience, and approach to the game make her an incredible asset to any team, and we're excited to have her back in our program." This July, she's set to play for Hampshire before joining Birmingham Phoenix for The Hundred in August. Australia have a relatively quiet winter schedule, with their next international commitment being an away ODI series against India in September, which will serve as preparation for the World Cup.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Massive news about Ellyse Perry confirmed after leaving home for ex-husband
Ellyse Perry's move back to NSW from Victoria has been confirmed, after she switched allegiances in 2019 to be closer to ex-husband Matt Toomua. Perry confirmed on Thursday that she'll play for NSW in domestic cricket in 2025, after reports emerged in February that she was keen to come home. The Australian cricket star has spent the past six years playing for Victoria, but will be back in blue this season. 'The last six years I've spent in Melbourne and at Cricket Victoria have been extremely fond ones and I'm incredibly grateful for all the opportunities and memories that I'll cherish,' the 34-year-old said. 'I'm really looking forward to being back in Sydney and closer to my family and longtime friends.' Leah Poulton, the head of Female Elite Cricket in NSW, said Perry's return to the state is a significant boost. 'We're thrilled to welcome Ellyse back home to the Breakers," Poulton said. "She's not only one of the world's premier cricketers, but also a role model and leader whose impact extends far beyond the field. Pez' professionalism, experience, and approach to the game make her an incredible asset to any team, and we're excited to have her back in our program.' Perry played for NSW from 2007 to 2019, helping the Breakers win a staggering 10 titles in the Women's National Cricket League. Despite playing 20 games for Victoria across the last six years, Perry remains 10th on the list of all-time WNCL run-scorers for NSW, and is the state's third-highest wicket-taker. She decided to up stumps and move to Victoria in 2019 when ex-husband Toomua was based there while playing for the Melbourne Rebels. Her five-year marriage with the former Wallabies player broke down in 2020 and they went their separate ways, but Perry remained playing for Victoria. "At the end of the day, it was really very much a personal decision for family life," she said in 2019 about the move. "The opportunity to play at NSW for the last decade or so has been an absolute honour. "Going back before that, playing all my junior cricket for NSW and their pathway programs, I was lucky to do that. I am very much a NSW girl. It is definitely sad but, at the same time, having played for a fairly long period now, it's kind of invigorating to have a new opportunity and experience in a different state." RELATED: Pressure mounts on Pat Cummins as move with wife explained Detail in Alyssa Healy's outfit causes stir during Mitchell Starc match Perry is notoriously private about her personal life, and hasn't spoken much about her sad split with Toomua in the years that have followed. In 2022, he opened up on the divorce and said: 'It was tough. Not fun at all. It sucked. You can see why it breaks people. It was brutal. "I'm very fortunate that we had no kids, and of the divorces, it was a good one in the sense of the separation of those things. The one unique thing being it was public. Getting sprayed while I'm goal-kicking or getting abused on some social media platform isn't great, but they're minor things.'
BBC News
25-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Essex sign Australian Penna for women's T20 Blast
Essex have signed Australian all-rounder Madeline Penna for the inaugural women's T20 Blast, which begins in 24-year-old plays for South Australia in the Women's National Cricket League and the Adelaide Strikers in the T20 Big Bash, and has also appeared for Canterbury in New has scored centuries in each format and is also a handy leg-spinner, with best figures of 4-20 in the Big Bash."It's a brilliant opportunity for me to test myself in a new environment having played T20 cricket both at home and in New Zealand over the last few months," she are one of eight fully-professional tier one teams in the revamped domestic women's game, which was formerly played under a regional will play their opening T20 Blast game away to Hampshire on 30 May and will also take part in the 50-over One-Day Cup, which begins next month."We are delighted to have Maddie on board for the Blast," said team director Andy Tennant. "I am confident she will fit in well with our talented playing group and help us win games and challenge for T20 honours this year."
Int'l Cricket Council
22-03-2025
- Sport
- Int'l Cricket Council
Australia suffer injury setback as key all-rounder ruled out of remaining New Zealand T20Is
In Gardner's absence, uncapped all-rounder Charli Knott has earned her maiden international call-up ahead of the second T20I on Sunday, 23 March. The 22-year-old from Queensland has been rewarded for her strong domestic form, having amassed 542 runs and claimed 12 wickets in the 2024–25 Women's National Cricket League season. She carried that momentum into the 10th edition of the Women's Big Bash League, where she scored 187 runs and took six wickets for Brisbane Heat. Australia's updated T20 squad: Tahlia McGrath (c), Darcie Brown, Nicole Faltum, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Alana King, Charli Knott, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Gardner ruled out of T20 series
Brisbane Heat and Queensland all-rounder Charli Knott has been called into Australia's T20 women's squad for the rest of its tour of New Zealand as a replacement for the injured Ashleigh Gardner. Scans have confirmed that Gardner broke her finger in attempting to take a catch off her own bowling in Australia's eight-wicket win over the White Ferns in Auckland on Friday in the first game of a three-match series. The uncapped Knott, an Australia 'A' representative, was due to link with the squad on Saturday ahead of Sunday's second match of the series in Tauranga. She has been rewarded for her good white-ball form with bat and ball in the 2024-25 Women's National Cricket League season. Knott scored 542 runs for Queensland at an average of 54.2, and took 12 wickets with her off-spinners at an average of 28.66. Gardner's place in Australia's 11 for Sunday's game is reportedly set to filled by leg-spinner Alana King.
