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English cricketer

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.

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

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.

Domestically, Birch played for Sussex and later for Devon. 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.

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

References

"Rosalie Birch". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
"Rosalie Birch". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
"Western Storm reveal full squad as tickets go on sale". Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
"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

v t e England squad – 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup semi-finalists
1 Connor (c) 2 Birch 3 Brindle 4 Brunt 5 Edwards 6 Greenway 7 Guha 8 Gunn 9 Morgan 10 Newton 11 Pearson 12 Shaw 13 Smit 14 CE Taylor 15 SC Taylor

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