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Full name Rosalie Ann Birch
Born December 6, 1983
Current age 24 years 258 days
Major teams England Development Squad Women,England Women
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
7
10
1
158
62
17.55
570
27.71
0
1
23
0
4
0
ODIs
37
24
4
301
46*
15.05
490
61.42
0
0
17
1
7
0
T20Is
4
4
0
27
11
6.75
42
64.28
0
0
0
0
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
7
14
860
392
13
3/57
4/80
30.15
2.73
66.1
0
0
0
ODIs
37
31
1342
830
46
5/50
5/50
18.04
3.71
29.1
4
1
0
T20Is
4
2
48
39
5
4/27
4/27
7.80
4.87
9.6
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England Women v South Africa Women at Shenley, Aug 7-10, 2003 scorecard
Last Test
Australia Women v England Women at Bowral, Feb 15-18, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England Women v South Africa Women at Chelmsford, Aug 13, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand Women v England Women at Lincoln, Feb 24, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
England Women v New Zealand Women at Hove, Aug 5, 2004 scorecard
Last T20I
Australia Women v England Women at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
Profile
Allrounder Rosalie Birch burst onto the international scene in 2003 aged 19, scooping four wickets in a drawn Test with South Africa at Shenley. And her wicket-taking form at the highest level has continued, earning her the nickname Golden Arm for her ability to pick up victims at crucial phases and swing a match in England's favour. But this is nowhere more evidenced than in the one-day format of the game, where Birch has already recorded figures of 5 for 50, and her average has never gone above 17.5. In an international career with many high points, the pinnacle so far is undoubtedly helping England to win the Ashes in 2005 after 42 long years. Birch is developing into a key allrounder for England, and more than justified her place at the 2005 World Cup in South Africa, the Ashes squad and in the tour of Sri Lanka and India. She graduated with a 2:1 in linguistics from Sussex University, and plays her county cricket for Sussex. Since leaving university she has been working in Sussex CCC's communications department. Jenny Thompson May 2007
