Elizabeth Cecilia Perry (born 22 November 1987) is a New Zealand former

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er and

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player. In cricket, she played as a right-handed batter and right-arm

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bowler. She appeared in 17

One Day Internationals One Day International (ODI) is a format of cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of fifty overs, with the game lasting up to 7 hours. The World Cup, generally held every four year ...

and 31

Twenty20 Internationals Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of Twenty20 cricket, in which each team plays a single innings with a maximum of twenty overs. The matches are played between international teams recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). In ...

for

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. She played domestic cricket for

Central Districts The Central Stags, formerly known as Central Districts, are a first-class cricket team based in central New Zealand. They are the men's representative side of the Central Districts Cricket Association. They compete in the Plunket Shield firs ...

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and

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. In hockey, she also represented

internationally. Perry attended Chanel College, Masterton. She has an honours degree in anthropology and psychology from

Canterbury University The University of Canterbury (UC; ; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbur ...

and works for Global Elite Sports in Sports Recruitment and as a Player Transition Consultant. In April 2019, Perry married New Zealand cricketer

Maddy Green Madeline Lee Green (born 20 October 1992) is a New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Auckland and New Zealand. Career In April 2018, she won the Ruth Martin Cup for her domestic batting at the New Zealand Cricket Awards. On 8 June 2018, s ...

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* * 1987 births Living people New Zealand women cricketers New Zealand female field hockey players New Zealand women One Day International cricketers New Zealand women Twenty20 International cricketers Sportspeople from Taumarunui People educated at Chanel College, Masterton Central Districts Hinds cricketers Wellington Blaze cricketers Yorkshire women cricketers New Zealand lesbian sportswomen LGBTQ cricketers LGBTQ field hockey players New Zealand expatriate cricketers in England 21st-century New Zealand women {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1980s-stub