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Teenager Brown can shoulder WC heat: Perry

Darcie Brown, here catching Amy Jones in the Ashes Test, is the young cricketer of the year. (AAP)

Ellyse Perry has backed Darcie Brown to shoulder the weight of helping lead an Ashes and World Cup attack following Tayla Vlaeminck's season-ending foot injury.

Brown became Australia's youngest Test wicket-taker at age 18 on Friday, taking the new ball with Megan Schutt left out of the Test and Vlaeminck injured.

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