{"id":189459,"date":"2026-07-03T12:56:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=189459"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:56:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:26:42","slug":"womens-t20-world-cup-2026-australia-upbeat-about-ultimate-professional-perrys-fitness-for-world-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=189459","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Australia upbeat about \u2018ultimate professional\u2019 Perry\u2019s fitness for World Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71180247\">Australia is increasingly optimistic that \u201cultimate professional\u201d Ellyse Perry will be fit for the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup final against arch-rivals England at Lord\u2019s on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>All-rounder Perry retired hurt with a quad problem during Tuesday\u2019s eight-wicket semi-final thrashing of the West Indies at the Oval.<\/p>\n<p>But the 35-year-old was put through her paces during Friday\u2019s training session, getting through several sprinting drills and also having a lengthy bat in the nets.<\/p>\n<p>It is batting that has been the stronger suit of Perry, who burst onto the international scene as a teenage fast bowler, in recent years with her 56 at Lord\u2019s last week helping Australia achieve a T20 World Cup record chase of 171 that knocked India out of the tournament.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"sub_head\">PODCAST | Can England pull off a miracle? 17-year wait for Women\u2019s T20 World Cup title &#8211; Sportstar Podcast E07<\/h4>\n<div class=\"inline_embed article-block-item\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Svtt-l4tiPY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Australia coach Shelley Nitschke suggested on Thursday that Perry, widely acknowledged as an all-time great of women\u2019s cricket, could play in the final even if less than 100 percent fit.<\/p>\n<p>Perry\u2019s Australia team-mate Phoebe Litchfield, however, said Friday: \u201cPez is great. She\u2019s prepping really well and she\u2019s the ultimate professional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had a total wellness day yesterday (Thursday), apparently, just getting everything right. The body\u2019s a temple for Pez, so it\u2019s nice to see her back around the group today and moving really well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you can all imagine, she wants to be out there on Sunday and is doing everything in her ability to do that, which is the true professional that she is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>\u2018Fresh-faced England\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Both Australia and England have won all six of their games leading into the final.<\/p>\n<p>But Australia, bidding for a record-extending seventh T20 World Cup title, will be favourites to regain the crown they lost in the United Arab Emirates in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>They have held the muti-format women\u2019s Ashes since 2015, humiliating England with a 16-0 whitewash series win in Australia 18 months ago.<\/p>\n<p>While lifting trophies has been a common occurence for Australia during the past decade, it is nine years since England last won a major international tournament, defeating India in a thrilling 50-over World Cup final in front of a capacity crowd at Lord\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Heather Knight, England\u2019s captain in 2017, starred with the bat as England thrashed South Africa by 40 runs in an Oval semi-final on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Knight made 58 and shared a decisive fourth-wicket partnership of 133 with current skipper and fellow 2017 World Cup-winner Nat Sciver-Brunt (75) after England had collapsed to 23-3.<\/p>\n<p>Danni Wyatt-Hodge is the only other survivor from that memorable day still in the England side, with Knight saying: \u201cI think we\u2019ll draw on (2017) a little bit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying in the home World Cup is quite unique and me, Nat and Danni are the only people that have done that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very fresh-faced team. We play cricket in our own way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I like playing in finals there. They\u2019re good fun. Playing at Lord\u2019s is always very special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Knight, 35, added: \u201cHopefully we can deal with the big occasion and really just try and enjoy it. We\u2019ll just try and bring our best and hopefully bring that trophy home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 03, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/womens-t20-world-cup-2026-australia-ellyse-perry-injury-update-nets-training\/article71180247.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia is increasingly optimistic that \u201cultimate professional\u201d Ellyse Perry will be fit for the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup final against arch-rivals England at Lord\u2019s on Sunday. All-rounder Perry retired hurt with a quad problem during Tuesday\u2019s eight-wicket semi-final thrashing of the West Indies at the Oval. But the 35-year-old was put through her paces during &#8230; <a title=\"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Australia upbeat about \u2018ultimate professional\u2019 Perry\u2019s fitness for World Cup final\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=189459\" aria-label=\"Read more about Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Australia upbeat about \u2018ultimate professional\u2019 Perry\u2019s fitness for World Cup final\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":189460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image20-202026-07-03T232324.178.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":186872,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=186872","url_meta":{"origin":189459,"position":0},"title":"Australia vs India LIVE streaming info, Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: When, where to watch AUS-W vs IND-W?","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Group leader Australia and its nearest challenger, India, meet in a must-win game for the latter in the final Group A clash at Lord\u2019s Cricket Ground on Sunday. 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