Big game performer Jess Cameron is relishing the role of getting Australia over the line in major matches, after another starring effort in the women’s cricket World Cup final win over the West Indies.
The hard-hitting Victorian No.3 won player-of-the-match honours in Mumbai for smashing 75 off 76 balls in Australia’s 114-run victory.
Just over four months ago, 23-year-old Cameron earned the same award in the World T20 final against England in Colombo, where she belted a quickfire 45 off 34 deliveries.
“I’ve been working on making sure I get my team across the line in big matches which I’ve seemed to do in the last couple of months,” Cameron told AAP.
“It is certainly something that I need to continue on throughout the rest of my career.”
Cameron, who recently won the Belinda Clarke Medal awarded to Australia’s leading international female cricketer, finished the World Cup with 225 runs at 37.50.
Together with dashing 20-year-old opener Meg Lanning, Cameron gives Australia some genuine top-order hitting power.
“I guess as a power hitter, I’ve had to take a lot of responsibility, just knocking it around and making sure that I’m out there batting with others in our top six,” Cameron said.
“It’s more a mental thing, just making sure I’m concentrating every ball to make sure that if I can’t get a boundary, I’m certainly looking for a one or a two.”
The Australian squad is due back in Sydney on Wednesday night.
Pace bowler Ellyse Perry, who took 3-19 in the final despite battling an ankle issue, will have a rest from playing big-time cricket and soccer after several months juggling the two sports.
“I’ve got a few Matildas camps when I get back to Australia over the next few months, but no major competitions which is nice,” Perry said.
“It will be good to start uni again and be home for a while.”