Karen Rolton

Karen Rolton
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Personal information
Full nameKaren Louise Rolton
Born (1974-11-21) 21 November 1974 (age 47)
Adelaide, South Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
RoleBatter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 127)28 February 1995 v New Zealand
Last Test10 July 2009 v England
ODI debut (cap 77)14 February 1995 v New Zealand
Last ODI5 July 2009 v England
ODI shirt no.21
T20I debut (cap 10)2 September 2005 v England
Last T20I25 June 2009 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1994/95–2010/11South Australia
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 14 141 15
Runs scored 1,002 4,814 405
Batting average 55.66 48.14 50.62
100s/50s 2/5 8/33 0/2
Top score 209* 154* 96*
Balls bowled 1,104 3,267 36
Wickets 14 85 3
Bowling average 23.35 20.81 12.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/6 4/29 2/26
Catches/stumpings 9/– 25/– 6/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 January 2017

Karen Louise Rolton (born 21 November 1974) is an Australian former cricketer and captain of the national women's team. A left-handed batter, she has scored the most runs for her country in women's Test cricket.

International cricket

After making her international debut in 1995, Rolton went on to become a member of two successful world championship campaigns. In the final of the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup, she scored 107 not out and was adjudged Player of the Match. Her numerous individual honours include being named ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year in 2006 and winning the Belinda Clark Award four times. New Zealand coach Steve Jenkin once remarked that the best tactic against her was to avoid dismissing the Australian team's openers so she could not bat.

In 2006, Rolton became the captain of the national team, taking over from Belinda Clark. She led Australia in the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup on home soil, although the team performed below expectations and finished in fourth place.

Records and statistics

Across 14 Test matches, Rolton scored 1,002 runs at an average of 55.66 which included two centuries and five half-centuries. She made her top score of 209 not out against England at Headingley in 2001, a world record at the time. She also scored 4,814 runs at 48.14 in Women's One Day Internationals. Rolton became the first player to score a century in the knockout stage of a Women's Cricket World Cup and set a record for the highest individual score on debut in Women's Twenty20 Internationals with 96 not out. In addition to her batting prowess, she enjoyed success as a left-arm medium-pace bowler, taking 102 international wickets across all three formats.

International centuries

Test centuries

Karen Rolton's Test centuries
# Runs Match Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 176* 5  England England Worcester, England New Road 1998
2 209* 7  England England Leeds, England Headingley 2001

One Day International centuries

Karen Rolton's One Day International centuries
# Runs Match Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 113* 12  New Zealand New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand Basin Reserve 1997
2 154* 42  Sri Lanka New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand Hagley Oval 2000
3 107* 46  South Africa New Zealand Lincoln, New Zealand Bert Sutcliffe Oval 2000
4 105* 60  New Zealand New Zealand Lincoln, New Zealand Bert Sutcliffe Oval 2002
5 102* 68  New Zealand New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand Eden Park Outer Oval 2004
6 107* 90  India South Africa Centurion, South Africa Centurion Park 2005
7 151 91  Ireland Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland Claremont Road Cricket Ground 2005
8 101 126  India Australia Canberra, Australia Manuka Oval 2008

Retirement and post-career

In January 2010, Rolton announced her retirement from international cricket after a 14-year career. She continued to play domestic cricket for South Australia until the end of the 2010–11 Women's National Cricket League season.

In 2016, Rolton was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. In January 2018, she was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame. A few months later, the South Australian Cricket Association unveiled a new community sporting facility in Adelaide, announcing the name of the main ground as Karen Rolton Oval.

Rolton currently lives in Victoria and remains involved with cricket through her coaching roles at the Melbourne Renegades and also at local level.

Honours

Team

Individual


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