Ellyse Perry in 'heartbreaking' scenes after falling short of Ashes history

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Aussie cricket sensation Ellyse Perry would be furious with herself having missed out on becoming just the second Australian woman to score three centuries in the Ashes after being dismissed on 99 runs. Perry was on course for cricket folklore in her bid to become the first Australian woman since Betty Wilson to have scored three centuries in the Ashes since 1958.

Perry looked unstoppable as Alyssa Healy won the toss and elected to bat. Perry had been promoted to No.3 in the order due to the absence of Meg Langing from the test.

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And the Aussie cricket legend showed her imperious from with the bat racing away to 99. However, in heartbreaking fashion, Perry opted to glance a ball from debutant English bowler Lauren Filer.

The shot ended up in the hands of the gully fielder, sending Perry back to the sheds on 99 runs. "Gone...well you have to field for Ellyse Perry. 99 and out, but England continue to pick up wickets," the commentator said.

Former Australian captain Rachael Haynes said "That's heartbreaking" after watching the Aussie fall short of history. Regardless, Perry put her team in a strong position at 7-328 with bad light ending play at stumps.

Annabel Sutherland remains on 38 not out with Alana King on seven not out.

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Perry's 99 continues to cement her legacy as the greatest ever women's cricketer. Perry averages 77.36 after 851 runs in Tests and has a bowling average of 19.9 with 37 wickets. Her last eight innings for Australia have seen her score a two centuries, including a 213 not out.

The cricket world was quick to praise the influence of the Aussie superstar as she continues to create her legacy as the all-time great of the game.

Perry's dismissal wasn't the only drama on the day. England appeared to send a wicket to the third umpire after the 15 seconds had elapsed, despite the players on the field unaware. Jess Jonassen was given not out from the umpire, but it took several seconds for the DRS countdown timer to appear on the Trent Bridge big screen, before England finished deliberating and opted to review.

Replays of the incident show it took approximately 20 seconds for England to decide to send the decision upstairs, where Jonassen was given out with the ball brushing her glove. Under ICC rules, players have 15 seconds to launch a review.

"The total time elapsed between the ball becoming dead and the review request being made shall be no more than 15 seconds," playing conditions state. "If the on-field umpires believe that a request has not been made within the 15 second time limit, they shall decline the request for a player review."

Regardless, Perry said all the players have the same view and were unaware of the time elapsing. "From a player perspective, whether it is England or us, that is the time that was given and put up on the screen," Perry said.

"How long that took to come up, I am not sure. It's something perhaps the officials can review. But from a playing perspective you just have to adapt to whatever is out there and I think there were five seconds left on the clock."

with AAP

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