Rosalie Birch

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]

Rosalie Birch

Personal information
Full name	Rosalie Anne Birch
Born	(1983-12-06) 6 December 1983 (age 42) St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Nickname	Cheesy
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	England (2003–2008)
Test debut (cap 139)	7 August 2003 v South Africa
Last Test	15 February 2008 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 101)	13 August 2003 v South Africa
Last ODI	24 February 2008 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	21
T20I debut (cap 1)	5 August 2004 v New Zealand
Last T20I	1 February 2008 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000–2011	Sussex Women
2012–2016	Devon Women
2016	Western 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

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.