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Perry reaches 300 not out for Australia, open to 400

As she reaches the 300-game landmark for Australia, Ellyse Perry has no intention of slowing down. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Ellyse Perry is keeping an open mind about the rest of her outstanding international cricket career, saying playing 400 matches could be feasible.

The allrounder will become the first Australian woman to make 300 international appearances when India host the second match in the teams' Twenty20 series in Mumbai on Sunday.

Perry is an all-time great of Australian sport and key to the ongoing success of the national women's team.

Ellyse Perry at Australia training.
Ellyse Perry says she plans to carry on playing for Australia for as long as she "can contribute". (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Asked whether reaching 400 games is a goal, Perry said she had set no ceiling on her playing career.

"I don't know what's in store ... but if it's meant to be down the track and I'm still around playing ... I'm really open to what happens," she said from India.

"I don't have a set time frame on it. Either way it doesn't really matter, it's just another number. 

"For as long as I can contribute to the team and it's something I find really motivating and enjoyable, I'd love to be here."

Perry was left out of Australia's T20 team early in 2022, but reshaped her game to return as an integral player.

The 33-year-old has also bowled less since a serious hamstring injury during the 2020 World Cup.

The key for Perry individually, and for the all-powerful Australia team, is to keep evolving.

India have beaten Australia in a Test for the first time on this tour and the home side also won their opening T20 clash, while the tourists swept the one-day series in between.

Ellyse Perry celebrates taking a wicket for Australia.
Perry has limited her bowling since a serious hamstring injury during the 2020 World Cup. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

"It's a great time for us, of evolution. You've seen a lot of that in the way that Phoebe Litchfield has performed in those one-day matches; Annabel Sutherland, her last 12 months," Perry said.

"That's something we're incredibly conscious of - (to) maintain the success we've had, but equally evolve that, to look a little bit different in the way the team plays.

"The game is moving at such a rapid pace. There's a new environment.

"In a lot of ways the sky's the limit in terms of where it can go."

Perry paid tribute to her family, saying she relishes still having net sessions with her dad Mark.

"Every time, he bowls me. In general terms, Dad will always have my measure," she said.

Perry has been a key figure in the rapid rise of women's cricket, which attracted 86,000 fans to the MCG to watch Australia win the 2020 World Cup final.

"My first game in Darwin, there were probably about 30 people," she said, recalling her 2007 debut.

"It continues to blow my socks off when stuff like that happens, which has been a true privilege."

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