Not only is Ellyse the youngest ever cricketer to have represented Australia, but she is also the only person ever to have played for Australia in both cricket and football (soccer) World Cups. No wonder Cricket Australia, not short of high achievers to draw upon, calls Ellyse ‘arguably the best athlete in Australia’. Currently the world’s top-ranked women’s all-rounder, Ellyse’s accolades include being named the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year in both 2017 and 2019, winning the ICC Player of the Decade in 2020 and winning Australia’s prestigious Women’s International Cricketer of the Year (Belinda Clark Award) three times. Ellyse is also a strong proponent of women’s sport and has penned a four-book series to encourage girls to get active and pursue their ambitions, along with her own non-fiction book, titled Perspective. Ellyse is passionate about raising awareness of Parkinson’s disease, a cause close to her heart, and spreading the word about the importance of research to advance a cure for Parkinson’s as quickly as possible.