The Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry is excited about the return of Cricket to the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 after 128 years.
Perry has opened up on her ambition for the Olympics in 2028 when cricket will return to the Games for the first time since 1900. One of the greatest female players of all time will be 37 by the time of the Olympics and is keen to be a part of the mega event.
She hopes to maintain at the peak of her powers and be selected by Australia. Currently, she is the captain of Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred.
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“I don’t think I’m the kind of person that wants to pin a date on a retirement. I’ve never looked at it like that. If I’m still there and available and good enough, I’d like to be there.”
Perry has a long and impressive cricket career to her name, having won ICC Women’s T20 World Cups, and two ICC Women’s Cricket World Cups, and was part of Australia’s squad that claimed gold at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2022.
“I haven’t set a target on playing at the Olympics, but if I’m still around and good enough, I’d love to be there. It’s an awesome thing for the game, and an amazing opportunity to continue to grow it.”
Perry is currently preparing for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 by playing in T20 franchise cricket for the Birmingham Phoenix ahead of this year’s mega event in Bangladesh from the start of October.
“England have been in tremendous form and are playing some great cricket. Really excitingly there are a great number of younger players coming through on the domestic scene here. I don’t think there’s ever been a huge gap between England and Australia.”
“The Australian team has had the knack of winning the big moments. All sides are playing really consistently now and have a really good handle of the way they want to play.”
