Rosalie Birch
Personal information
Full name
Rosalie Anne Birch
Born (1983-12-06) 6 December 1983 (age 40)
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
NicknameCheesy
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 139)7 August 2003 v South Africa
Last Test15 February 2008 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 101)13 August 2003 v South Africa
Last ODI24 February 2008 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.21
T20I debut (cap 1)5 August 2004 v New Zealand
Last T20I1 February 2008 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000–2011Sussex Women
2012–2016Devon Women
2016Western Storm
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 7 37 4 185
Runs scored 158 301 27 3,307
Batting average 17.55 15.05 6.75 23.96
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 3/11
Top score 62 46* 11 107*
Balls bowled 860 1,342 48 3,957
Wickets 13 46 5 122
Bowling average 30.15 18.04 7.80 19.00
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 3
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/57 5/50 4/27 5/25
Catches/stumpings 4/– 7/– 1/– 63/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 February 2021

Rosalie Anne Birch (born 6 December 1983) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed lower middle order batter. She appeared in 7 Test matches, 37 One Day Internationals and 4 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 2003 and 2008. She was part of the England team that won the Ashes in 2005 and retained them in 2008.[1]

Domestically, Birch played for Sussex and later for Devon.[2] She was also named in Western Storm's squad for the inaugural Women's Cricket Super League in 2016 but did not make an appearance.[3]

From 2003, Birch combined her cricketing career with full-time study at the University of Sussex.[4] She graduated with a BA in linguistics in 2006.

References

  1. ^ "Rosalie Birch". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Rosalie Birch". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Western Storm reveal full squad as tickets go on sale". Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. ^ "University cricketer selected for England team South Africa tour". University of Sussex. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2009.

External links


England squad – 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup semi-finalists
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