{"id":779600,"date":"2026-07-05T00:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/779600\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T00:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:59:15","slug":"australians-cagey-on-ellyse-perry-injury-ahead-of-womens-t20-world-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/779600\/","title":{"rendered":"Australians cagey on Ellyse Perry injury ahead of women’s T20 World Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ellyse Perry is set to grace another World Cup final as Australia’s cricketers attempt to regain their familiar position as the best in the business in the women’s T20 final at Lord’s.<\/p>\n

The showdown with hosts England in front of a 30,000 packed house at the home of cricket has the potential to be one of the great days in women’s cricket, and there has been speculation over whether the injured 35-year-old Perry, who has played in all 10 editions of the T20 World Cup, will feature again.<\/p>\n

Australia coach Shelley Nitschke hinted Australia could play the six-time winner on Monday morning at 12:20am AEST, even if she is not fully fit, after the quadricep “awareness” scare that forced Perry to retire hurt after facing just seven deliveries against the West Indies in Thursday’s semifinal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ellyse Perry (left) and Sophie Molineux (right) speak with coach Shelley Nitschke at training. (Getty Images: Matthew Lewis)<\/p>\n

Though Perry seemed to emerge from a second day of training at Lord’s unscathed, captain Sophie Molineux was giving nothing away to old rivals England, as she seemed to suggest the allrounder might be restricted to just a batting role.<\/p>\n

“Ellyse trained really well, had a good bat, had a good bowl, she will field as well,” Molineux said.<\/p>\n

“We will assess tomorrow, see how she pulls up before we make any decisions.<\/p>\n

“It would be great if she can bowl for us, but at the same time, with our bowling depth, we feel like we have got cover there.<\/p>\n

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“Her T20 World Cup so far with the bat, she has been incredible and has won us a couple of games. Even if she is not bowling, it will be a massive positive for us.”<\/p>\n

Something has to give in the clash of the tournament’s two unbeaten sides. Australia, defeated in the semifinals of the last T20 and ODI World Cups, have looked particularly imperious in winning all six matches so far.<\/p>\n

Back in a final for the first time since 2023, when they won the T20 title in South Africa, Molineux’s side is itching to return to the winners’ circle again after a rare three-year drought and a rebuilding of the team.<\/p>\n

Australia starts as favourites again after beating England in a warm-up match and while protecting an extraordinary record of having won all six white-ball World Cup finals against England, while also claiming a 16-0 whitewash win in the last Ashes series 18 months ago.<\/p>\n

Molineux said the team would see the tournament as a huge success regardless of the result.<\/p>\n

“The girls have played with freedom, they have been brave. We have played a really amazing team game of cricket. We can take so much away from this tournament,” she said.<\/p>\n

“In terms of legacy, if we get over the line tomorrow, that will only add to that.”<\/p>\n

For Molineux personally, after taking the reins from retired Alyssa Healy, it would be a huge and emotional personal triumph.<\/p>\n

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As a kid, she had always wanted to watch a Test match at Lord’s with her dad, but she cannot help laughing that leading Australia out onto the field as captain in a World Cup final with her father watching from the stands eclipses that.<\/p>\n

“It is really special,” the 28-year-old skipper said.<\/p>\n

“I grew up watching Test cricket with my dad, and I said to him 15 years ago, I wanted to watch a Test match at Lord’s. Who would have thought we would be running out and playing a World Cup final here in front of a packed crowd?<\/p>\n

“For us, Lord’s is the home of cricket, and it is going to be a really special occasion.”<\/p>\n

England skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt is adamant there is no scarring in the England camp after so many defeats by the old enemy.<\/p>\n

“Our team has come a long way since that Ashes tour, and there’s not really been any talk about the Ashes or proving people wrong from that,” Sciver-Brunt said.<\/p>\n

“We’re under no illusion that it’s going to be a really tough game. Against Australia, finals like that don’t come around that often, so we’ll be relishing the challenge.”<\/p>\n

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