Australia international Ellyse Perry has signed as an overseas player for Hampshire in the inaugural Women’s T20 Blast.

The 34-year-old all-rounder has won two World Cups, six ICC Women’s World Twenty20 championships and a Commonwealth Games gold medal with Australia.

Perry is a two-time winner of the Rachel Heyhoe Flint Trophy, awarded to the best female international cricketer of the year, and was named ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Decade for the 2010s.

Also a former Australia international footballer, she played in all seven matches of her side’s historic 16-0 whitewash of England in the Women’s Ashes earlier this year.

Perry will join up with the Hawks in July and will be available for six matches in the Blast, as well as two One-Day Cup fixtures.

“I’m really looking forward to joining the Hampshire team this summer,” she told the club’s website., external

“The club has been a leader within the women’s game for the last 10 years and I’m excited to have the opportunity to join the team at such an exciting time for domestic cricket in England.

“There’s always a great atmosphere at Utilita Bowl and I can’t wait to walk out as part of the home team for the first time on Sunday, 6 July.”