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Ellyse Perry backs women’s Ashes points system for other series

Australian cricket star Ellyse Perry has backed the points system used during the women's Ashes to be introduced in other series.

This summer's series was the fourth under the format where total points through Twenty20 matches, one-day internationals and a Test determine the winner.

Ellyse Perry is in favour of more multi-format series. Photo: AAP

This format is used only during the Ashes but Perry, who claimed the Belinda Clark award on Monday night as the best women's player of the year, said there was merit in a wider adoption.

"Every year our schedule gets busier and the amount of matches we play increases. Something that has been really successful is this Ashes format," Perry said.

Ellyse Perry claims the title of Australia's top female cricketer on Monday night.
Ellyse Perry claims the title of Australia's top female cricketer on Monday night. Photo: AAP

"We play a multi-format with three one-dayers, a Test match and then three T20s. The combination of the points there equal up to a series win or loss.

"I think against some of the other major nations in the world, potentially that's a possibility going forward, that we might play more and more of those kinds of series because they have been really successful in the Ashes and they have brought to light a really great competition that includes all three formats of the game which are really relevant to women's cricket."

Perry, a decade into an international career which has made her a household name, again flourished in all formats throughout 2017, and capped her year with an unbeaten double century in the Test at North Sydney Oval.

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She was also a major contributor through the year with the ball, and Australia will hope she can again have a major influence on the tour of India in March. The two nations last met in the semi-final of the 2017 World Cup, with India prevailing by 36 runs.

Harmanpreet Kaur, an all-rounder for the Sydney Thunder in the Women's Big Bash League, was India's star that day, crunching an unbeaten 171 off 115 balls.

"It's going to be a huge challenge for us, India in India. They have played some wonderful cricket in the past 12 months, a finalist in the World Cup in England last year, and since then have continued to play some really great cricket," Perry said.

"They have got some really experienced legends of the game in their side, in Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami, and they have got some great talent as well that have performed really well in the last 12 months.

"For us, going over there, and not being super experienced in those kinds of conditions, is going to be a really tough challenge."

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