‘You always want to be involved in the big tournaments’, says Ellyse Perry

The Australian star all-rounder Ellyse Perry is going through the most torrid phase of her international career. Perry, who was once hailed as the finest all-rounder in women's cricket, suffered from severe loss of form and frequent injury issues which subsequently ruled her out from the first T20I against England during the Ashes in January. 

However, the experienced Aussie all-rounder has aimed at a grand comeback into the national T20 side ahead of next year's World Cup in South Africa. Addressing the reporters, Perry said that every player wants to be a part of a mega event like the World Cup, and she is no exception to it. She also regarded Australia's busy cricket calendar as a massive opportunity for her renaissance in the game's shortest format.

"Looking at our schedule coming up, with another T20 World Cup next year in South Africa, you always want to be involved in the big tournaments so I think we're all looking at that", Perry said. 

Continuing, Perry expressed her happiness about the massive inflation in Australia's talent pool in recent times. She said that it's a great thing to have intrasquad competition as the presence of so many quality players in the setup acts as a motivating factor for every cricketer to evolve as a player.

"The depth coming through in the women's side of the game is tremendous and that's a wonderful thing for the whole squad, the whole group," Perry said. 

"It presents challenges for everyone to make sure that they're continuing to evolve as a player. That's very much the case for me. But yeah, I'd love to still be a part of that. Certainly it's working to make sure that I'm in that position", she further added. 

Perry doesn't bowl these days owing to her back injury and, hence, continues to play as a pure batter in the national team. However, when enquired about her recovery, the 31-year-old said she is on the right track and is eyeing to bowl soon after regaining full fitness. 

"It's going well," she said on her recovery process. "It's sort of just a progressive one where I'll keep getting it scanned in the lead-up to playing again, but so far it's been going really smoothly and touch wood that continues. That's very much the plan; to get back bowling and to full fitness. It's sort of just when that happens over the summer is the biggest question mark at the moment", the New South Wales-born concluded.