Ellyse Perry in Australia’s Commonwealth Games cricket squad but may bat only

• All-rounder not bowling due to stress fracture in lower back
• Women's Twenty20 to make first appearance at Games

A lower back stress fracture is restricting Australian cricket star Ellyse Perry to batting only ahead of the Commonwealth Games. Perry has been named in the powerful 15-player national squad for Birmingham, where women's T20 will make its Games debut but Cricket Australia has revealed the all-rounder is nursing the injury and it is unclear for now whether she will bowl during their tour.

Australia will play a T20 series against Ireland and Pakistan in Derry between 16 and 23 July before the Commonwealth Games. Their first Games match will be against India on 29 July.