Perry is likely to play as a specialist bat against the Windies

Star allrounder Ellyse Perry injured her knee during Australia’s second ODI encounter versus Ireland in July. Owing to the injury, she missed the third and final ODI as well as the Women’s Hundred in England. The veteran is still recuperating from the injury. She has been named in Australia’s squad for the T20Is as well as the ODIs against the West Indies. However, the 32-year-old might play as a specialist batter and refrain from bowling in the white-ball series.

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The West Indies are scheduled to play three T20Is followed by as many ODIs against Australia next month. The first couple of T20Is will be played in Sydney while the final game will be held in Brisbane.

Perry is likely to play as a specialist bat against the Windies

Perry played her first competitive match since the injury on Tuesday, September 26, for Victoria against Western Australia. She did not bowl in the one-day contest. The experienced campaigner shared an update on when she could start bowling again.

I’m fully prepared for the summer

“Nothing’s wrong, it’s just building workloads back up again so I’m fully prepared for the summer. In terms of my full fitness, bowling will probably be something that I still work through across this series. It might mean that I’m not available to bowl until late in the piece or perhaps towards the start of the WBBL,” Perry was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.

Perry made her international debut in 2007 in an ODI encounter against New Zealand on July 22. She has represented Australia in 11 Tests, 135 ODIs, and 142 T20Is. In the red-ball format.

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With the ball, Perry has picked up 38 wickets at 20.47 in Tests, 162 wickets at 25.24 in ODIs, and 123 wickets at 18.93 in T20Is. She has two five-wicket hauls in the purest format of the game and three in the 50-over format.

Australia squad: Alyssa Healy (c), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris (T20Is only), Jess Jonassen, Alana King (ODIs only), Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham