Australia all-rounder Perry signs for Hampshire

Australia international Ellyse Perry has signed as an overseas player for Hampshire in the inaugural Women's T20 Blast.

The 34-year-old all-rounder has won two World Cups, six ICC Women's World Twenty20 championships and a Commonwealth Games gold medal with Australia.

Perry is a two-time winner of the Rachel Heyhoe Flint Trophy, awarded to the best female international cricketer of the year, and was named ICC Women's Cricketer of the Decade for the 2010s.

Also a former Australia international footballer, she played in all seven matches of her side's historic 16-0 whitewash of England in the Women's Ashes earlier this year.

Perry will join up with the Hawks in July and will be available for six matches in the Blast, as well as two One-Day Cup fixtures.

"I'm really looking forward to joining the Hampshire team this summer," she told the club's website., external

"The club has been a leader within the women's game for the last 10 years and I'm excited to have the opportunity to join the team at such an exciting time for domestic cricket in England.

"There's always a great atmosphere at Utilita Bowl and I can't wait to walk out as part of the home team for the first time on Sunday, 6 July."

Perry has earned 337 international caps across all formats for Australia in 17 years, with 323 of those appearances coming in one-day internationals and T20 internationals.

She has scored 4,187 runs and taken 166 wickets in ODIs, as well as 2,173 runs and 126 wickets in T20s.

Since the start of her career in 2007, Perry has represented New South Wales, Loughborough Lightning and Supernovas. She currently plays for Victoria in Australia, Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Women's Premier LEague.

She has won 11 Women's National League titles and two Big Bash League titles.

Perry earned 18 international caps for the Matildas as a footballer, scoring three goals, and played at the 2011 Women's World Cup in Germany.