Ellyse Perry is a doubtful starter for Australia's last Group A encounter, the virtual quarterfinal against Trans-Tasman rival New Zealand in the Women's T20 World Cup this Monday (March 2). 

The Aussie all-rounder, who had already been battling a shoulder issue, injured her hip in her team's victory over Bangladesh this Thursday. 

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However, skipper Meg Lanning is still "confident" of her participation in the all-important encounter versus the White Ferns. 

"I’m confident (of Perry playing)," Lanning told reporters on Sunday (March 1). "Given the player she is, she’s shown in the past that she’s extremely resilient and able to play through things."

"We’ll give her every chance to play but we won’t go making a call on that until tomorrow when she’s able to do something."

Both New Zealand and Australia have won two of their three games each in Group A from where India has already qualified for the semi-finals with a clean slate. 

If Perry misses this game, that will leave the Australian line-up with a major hole in it, especially in the bowling department. 

"It would change the dynamic of the team, obviously, when you lose a world-class player like that," Lanning said.

“But I said at the start of the tournament that we had 15 players who I felt could play a role at any point and that hasn’t changed."

"If Ellyse is unable to play, we feel like we’ve got players who could come in and do really well," the captain added. 

(Inputs from The West Australian)