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 41) 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.

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

• Rosalie Birch at ESPNcricinfo