Karen Rolton

Infobox Cricketer


nationality = Australian
country = Australia
country abbrev = AUS
name = Karen Rolton
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Left-hand batsman
bowling style = Left-arm medium
balls = true
tests = 13
test runs = 971
test bat avg = 60.68
test 100s/50s = 2/5
test top score = 209*
test overs = 1104 | test wickets = 14
test bowl avg = 23.35
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 2/6
test catches/stumpings = 9/-
ODIs = 117
ODI runs = 4214
ODI bat avg = 51.39
ODI 100s/50s = 7/29
ODI top score = 154*
ODI overs = 3267
ODI wickets = 85
ODI bowl avg = 21.73
ODI 5s = 0
ODI best bowling = 4/29
ODI catches/stumpings = 22/-
date = 19 February
year = 2008
source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53458.html Cricinfo

Karen Louise Rolton (born in Adelaide on 21 November 1974) is an Australian cricketer. A left-handed batsperson and occasional left-arm medium-paced bowler, she has scored the most runs for Australia in women's Test cricket.cite web|url=http://www.southernstars.org.au/wcaprolt.htm |accessdate=2007-03-11
title=Player Profiles: Karen Rolton
work=Women's Cricket in Australia - Southern Stars
date= May 2, 2004]

Rolton plays domestic cricket for South Australia Women. She made her international debut for Australia in 1995. As of 7 March 2007, she has played in 12 Test matches, scoring 933 runs at a batting average of 66.64, including two centuries and five half-centuries. She made her top score of 209 not out against England at Headingley in 2001, setting a world record. With the ball, she has taken 14 Test wickets with a bowling average of 23.35. She has also scored 3,939 runs at 56.75 and taken 84 wickets at 20.73 in her 108 Women's One-day Internationals. She has also played in two international Twenty20 matches. She was vice-captain of the Australian team from 1997, and took over from Belinda Clark as captain in February 2006.cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/53458.html. Retrieved on December 15, 2006.]

New Zealand coach Steve Jenkin once joked that the best tactic against Rolton was to avoid dismissing the Australia's women team's openers so she couldn't bat. [cite web|url=http://www.thefanatics.com/sports.news.view.php?id=326462 |accessdate=2007-03-12
title=Rolton, Fitzpatrick notch one-day tons
date=October 19, 2006]

She has twice won the Australian International Woman Cricketer of the Year award (presented at the Allan Border Medal night) in consecutive years, in 2002 and 2003 and then in 2005 and 2006. She scored 107 in the final of the Women's Cricket World Cup in 2005, and was named as "man of the match". She was the International Cricket Council's inaugural Female Player of the Year in 2006. She also holds the highest score in Women's Twenty20 cricket with an unbeaten 96.

During the winter, Rolton plays hockey.

References

External links

* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4759/4759.html Profile] from CricketArchive.