Ellyse Perry made an ominous return to the bowling crease to pilot Australia to a nine-wicket trouncing of Bangladesh in the women's T20 World Cup, all but sealing a semifinal berth.
Perry picked up two wickets in her first five balls and finished with 2-14 from three overs as the Tigers were restricted to a paltry 8-77 from their 20 overs after the Aussies won the toss and elected to bowl at Leeds on Wednesday.
Australia capitalised on a favourable, green-tinged Headingley pitch, before strolling past the target with 63 deliveries to spare, making 1-78.
Perry wasn't among the six bowlers used in Australia's tournament opener against South Africa and had sent down only 14 overs in 36 matches since the last World Cup.
