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KEY TAKEAWAYS: - Ellyse Perry revealed she missed the chance to meet Birmingham Phoenix investor and star England footballer Jude Bellingham. - The Australia legend was desperate for the toilet when the opportunity arose. - Bellingham bought a 1.2 per cent stake in the franchise worth around one million pounds. Ellyse Perry missed meeting Jude Bellingham narrowly Jude Bellingham's arrival at Edgbaston this summer was one of the more glamorous side stories of The Hundred, with the Real Madrid midfielder having become a part-owner of Birmingham Phoenix in January. One person conspicuously absent from the meet-and-greet, however, was the woman captaining his own team. Ellyse Perry has now explained the rather unglamorous reason she missed out, and it had nothing to do with scheduling or reluctance. Bellingham, who grew up in Stourbridge and came through the ranks at Birmingham City, took a 1.2 per cent equity stake in the franchise, split evenly between Warwickshire County Cricket Club and Knighthead Capital Management. Warwickshire valued the holding at approximately one million pounds. MORE: India's problem now is picking from too many good players Why Ellyse Perry missed meeting Jude Bellingham Speaking on the No Balls: The Cricket Podcast, Perry was asked directly by Alexandra Hartley whether she had met the England international. Her answer was blunt. "I didn't," Perry replied, prompting Hartley and Kate Cross to press her on where she had been. The explanation that followed was rather less star-studded than the occasion warranted. "I have a feeling; I came off the field, and I was absolutely busting to go to the toilet,"