Ellyse Perry's brilliant act after Commonwealth Games heartache

Injury-plagued cricket superstar Ellyse Perry has returned to the scene of Australia's Commonwealth Games triumph in style, after hitting the winning runs in her side's victory in The Hundred.

Perry endured a bittersweet Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, with a back injury keeping her out of the Australian women's XI that won gold at Edgbaston earlier this month.

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The 31-year-old was part of the victorious Aussie squad in Birmingham, but played no part in the final against India because of the back complaint that prevented her from bowling.

Perry still received a gold medal and no doubt provided an invaluable off-field contribution to her teammates, but she would have been hurting to not take part in the gold medal match.

Following the Comm Games, Perry has returned to England's domestic Hundred competition, where she has quickly gone about erasing any lingering doubts about her influence on matches.

Having made 58 runs off 31 balls in Birmingham Phoenix's opening match in Cardiff on Saturday, the 31-year-old put on another batting masterclass in Birmingham on Monday.

In successive balls Perry smashed England veterans Katherine Brunt and Nat Sciver for a pulled six and a lofted driven four, leaving skipper Sophie Devine full of praise for her superstar teammate.

"She is such a fantastic athlete," said Devine. "The way she has evolved her game as well.

"I know she has her critics around the shorter formats but what she has done these last two games she's shown her class is permanent

"The way she was able to manage that run chase. A few of the players were maybe getting nervous on the sideline but knowing she is out there, and had full control of it, is full credit to the player she is."

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Perry was joined in the successful Fire team by Sophie Molineux, who did not even make the Aussie Games squad. Molineux took 2-22 off her 20 balls and should have had Nat Sciver (31) stumped as well.

Both players also took excellent catches.

Adding spice to their victory was the fact Aussie compatriots Alana King and Elyse Villani were on the Rockets team.

Villani made 33 and King - the only one of the quartet to actually play for Australia in the Games - took 1-18 off her 20 balls.

But despite their efforts Rockets were well beaten, the match going awry for them from the moment Villani was out, caught by Perry off Georgia Elwiss (2-16). They collapsed from 1-70 to finish on 9-116 off their 100 balls.

Perry later took another excellent catch to dismiss the dangerous Katherine Brunt (9).

Emily Arnott took 3-19, including the wicket of King (1) brilliantly caught over her shoulder by Devine.

The pair swapped roles when Phoenix batted, King catching Devine (16). The leg-spinner then dismissed Evelyn Jones (11) but Saturday's hat-trick hero could not snare Perry who took Fire to victory in tandem with England wicket-keeper Amy Jones (44 off 32).

Jones said of batting with Perry: "She has a world of experience and kept me calm throughout and her big shots at the end were very helpful."

In the commentary box Eoin Morgan, England's World Cup winning captain, was full of praise for the example Perry set on the field.

"Ellsye Perry going from cow corner to cow corner... She's a senior international player, an absolute hero of the game, and she is putting in hard yards like that. That sets a really high standard for everybody else in the team," said Morgan.

with AAP

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