Karen Rolton

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Karen Rolton
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Personal information
Full name
Karen Louise Rolton
Born (1974-11-21) 21 November 1974 (age 49)
Adelaide, South Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
Role Batter
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
Women's Cricket
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
ICC Women's Cricket World Cup
Winner 1997 India
Runner-up 2000 New Zealand
Winner 2005 South Africa
Bronze medal icon.svg 2009 Australia
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. [1]

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International cricket

After making her international debut in 1995, Rolton went on to become a member of two successful world championship campaigns. [2] [3] In the final of the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup, she scored 107 not out and was adjudged Player of the Match. [3] Her numerous individual honours include being named ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year in 2006 and winning the Belinda Clark Award four times. [4] [5] 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. [6]

In 2006, Rolton became the captain of the national team, taking over from Belinda Clark. [7] 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. [8] [9]

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. [1] She also scored 4,814 runs at 48.14 in Women's One Day Internationals. [2] 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. [10] [11] [12] In addition to her batting prowess, she enjoyed success as a left-arm medium-pace bowler, taking 102 international wickets across all three formats. [2]

International centuries

Test centuries [13]
No.RunsOpponentsCity/CountryVenueYear
1176 not out Flag of England.svg  England Worcester, England New Road 1998 [14]
2209 not out Flag of England.svg  England Leeds, England Headingley 2001 [15]
One Day International centuries [16]
No.RunsOpponentsCity/CountryVenueYear
1113 not out Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand Basin Reserve 1997 [17]
2154 not out Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Christchurch, New Zealand Hagley Oval 2000 [18]
3107 not out Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Lincoln, New Zealand Bert Sutcliffe Oval 2000 [19]
4105 not out Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Lincoln, New Zealand Bert Sutcliffe Oval 2002 [20]
5102 not out Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand Eden Park Outer Oval 2004 [21]
6107 not out Flag of India.svg  India Centurion, South Africa Centurion Park 2005 [22]
7151Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Dublin, Ireland Claremont Road Cricket Ground 2005 [23]
8101Flag of India.svg  India Canberra, Australia Manuka Oval 2008 [24]

Retirement and post-career

In January 2010, Rolton announced her retirement from international cricket after a 14-year career. [25] She continued to play domestic cricket for South Australia until the end of the 2010–11 Women's National Cricket League season. [2]

In 2016, Rolton was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. [26] In January 2018, she was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame. [27] 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. [28] [29]

Rolton currently lives in Victoria and remains involved with cricket through her coaching roles at the Melbourne Renegades and also at local level. [30]

Honours

Team

Individual

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References

Notes

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Further reading

Preceded by
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ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year
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