Ellyse Perry: Decoding her crunch batting stats in WPL
What's the story
Ellyse Perry scored a supreme unbeaten 90 in Royal Challengers Bengaluru's clash versus UP Warriorz in match number 9 of the Women's Premier League (WPL) on Monday. The match ended with a Super Over as UPW won the contest. Notably, Perry has been in prime form in the ongoing WPL season and the 90* saw her attain several feats. Here we decode her stats.
Knock
Summary of Perry's 90* versus UPW
Despite an early setback in the form of Smriti Mandhana's dismissal, Perry stepped up. She welcomed Sophie Ecclestone with back-to-back fours and hit her first six off Saima Thakor. At the end of the power play, RCB had a solid foundation at 42 for 1. Perry continued to shine through her innings. She smashed 90* from 56 balls (SR: 160.71) in RCB's 180/6.
Runs
Highest run-scorer in WPL 2025
Perry's 90* had nine fours and three sixes. The knock took her to 235 runs from 4 matches this season at 117.50. She is the only player with 200-plus runs this season. Perry owns three fifties from 4 innings. Perry's 90* was the 2nd successive fifty for her after 81 runs against Mumbai Indians. She owns the most fifties this season (3).
Tourney
Highest scorer in WPL history
Notably, Perry is now the leading run-scorer of the league, going past Meg Lanning's tally of 782 runs. Across the three seasons, Perry owns 835 runs from 21 matches at 64.23. She owns the most fours in WPL (116), as per ESPNcricinfo. Interestingly, Perry has scored 507 runs in her last ten WPL innings at an average of 84.5 with five 50-plus scores.
Records
Other WPL records attained by Perry
Perry owns seven 50-plus scores in the WPL, the joint-highest alongside DC's Lanning. Perry's score of 90* against UPW is now the second-highest for RCB in the WPL, behind Sophie Devine's 99 against Gujarat Giants in 2023. Meanwhile, it's also the joint-fourth-highest individual score in the WPL. Perry became the first player to cross the 200-run mark in each of the WPL seasons.