RCB’s Ellyse Perry in motion in the course of the WPL match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore
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She can bend it like Beckham. She is thought extra for swinging it like Anderson, although.
Ellyse Perry is really particular. How many athletes have been ok to play the World Cups in two completely different sports activities?
She is, of course, thought to be one of the all-time greats in ladies’s cricket, however she is amazingly proficient as a footballer as nicely. Just rewind to the objective she scored for Australia in opposition to Sweden within the 2011 FIFA Women’s Football World Cup in Germany.
She really bent it like Beckham — from the sting of the field to the highest nook of the web. For Perry that objective now virtually looks like from one other life.
“It all happened so long ago, but I loved playing football and it was an amazing opportunity to do that,” Perry, who’s one of the largest sights on the Women’s Premier League, tells The Hindu. “And it helped me as an athlete in general.”
Her athleticism price India dearly on the latest T20 Women’s World Cup in South Africa not too long ago. Her dash and dive to cease on the boundary line when India wanted 18 off the final 9 balls to win the semifinal was one of the most effective bits of fielding in worldwide cricket, male or feminine, of late.
Perry, a real all-rounder who might stroll into a aspect both as a batter or a bowler, says India was unfortunate to lose that recreation to Australia. “It is another example of the incredible competition we have had with India in international cricket in the last five years,” she says.
“India played incredibly well, but we hung in there and took the opportunities that came our way.”
Australia went on to win the World Cup beating South Africa within the last. She thus took her tally of World Cups to eight.
Focus now on WPL
Perry’s focus for the time being is on the WPL. She is delighted that she has joined Royal Challengers Bangalore.
“We have assembled a good squad,” she says. “We have some great domestic players. RCB has certainly done a good job at the auction.”
Perry thinks the WPL goes to be phenomenal. “The scale of the WPL is unrivalled by any other women’s competition in the world,” she says. “And it will create an amazing depth of talent in Indian cricket.”
The WPL is ready for some memorable performances from the lady who has 4921 runs and 283 wickets in worldwide white-ball cricket, to not point out a Test batting common of 75.2.