Perry reflects on Australia's depth ahead of CWC25

As defending champions Australia get ready for their ICC Cricket World Cup 2025 campaign, their star all-rounder Ellyse Perry feels the team's batting and bowling depth will be a major advantage.

"We're really conscious of the fact that we're incredibly fortunate to have some huge depth in our side, both batting and bowling," Perry said at a sponsorship announcement for Chemist Warehouse before the team's departure to India to play a three-match ODI series ahead of the marquee tournament.

The veteran all-rounder also stressed on the need to adapt to the local conditions to be able to bring the best out of the team.

"I think we've made a really conscious shift towards wanting to take the game on from the very start and probably keep our foot down for as long as we can.

"Obviously, you've got to adapt to conditions and certain circumstances, but it just feels like there's a real ethos within the group to make sure that we can utilise everyone's talent on the day.

"It's going to be one person's day most of the time, but if we can really be consistent with that, we've got a good chance of being successful more often than not."

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Despite the changes in personnel since the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup, Perry believed that the new faces had settled well in the side.

"(There's been) some fairly big changes to our group over the last four years," Perry said.

"But in the last particularly 12 months, we've had a fairly stable group and some really amazing young talent emerge as mainstays as well, contributing consistently in every match.

"From that perspective, it's definitely a slightly different-looking team, but I think still a really stable and established team."

Perry was all praise for Annabel Sutherland, who has been in a rich vein of form of late.

The 23-year-old averages 40.26 with the bat and 22.48 with the ball in the ODIs, and in the recently concluded Hundred tournament, she scored 206 runs at an average of 51.50 while snapping 16 wickets at 14.43, leading her side to victory.

"Annabel's been absolutely superb for the last 12 months, probably before that, and to think that she's only still so young is quite incredible."

Perry believed Annabel along with Phoebe Litchfield and Georgia Voll were exciting prospects for Australia in the tournament.

"I think her coupled with Phoebe Litchfield, the way that she's been playing, Georgia Voll as well, since she's had an opportunity at an international level - there's some really, really special young players that we've got in the group.

"I think they balance out the experience that we have as well. I'm sure Annabel's going to have a wonderful tournament. She works exceptionally hard at her game. She's never standing still.

"It feels like with the women's game, every World Cup just gets a little bit bigger, more competitive, and there's more on the line."

Australia begin their Cricket World Cup campaign against New Zealand in their first game of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2025 on October 1 at Indore.