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Karen Rolton

Australia

Full name Karen Louise Rolton

Born November 21, 1974, Adelaide, South Australia

Current age 35 years 1 days

Major teams Australia Women, South Australia Women

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	14	22	4	1002	209*	55.66	1782	56.22	2	5	136	1	9
ODIs	141	132	32	4814	154*	48.14			8	33			25
T20Is	15	12	4	405	96*	50.62	322	125.77	0	2	55	4	6

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
Tests	14	20	1104	327	14	2/6	4/68	23.35	1.77	78.8	0
ODIs	141	92	3267	1769	85	4/29	4/29	20.81	3.24	38.4	1
T20Is	15	2	36	37	3	2/26	2/26	12.33	6.16	12.0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	New Zealand Women v Australia Women at Christchurch, Feb 28-Mar 3, 1995 scorecard
Last Test	England Women v Australia Women at Worcester, Jul 10-13, 2009 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand Women v Australia Women at Wanganui, Feb 14, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI	England Women v Australia Women at Wormsley, Jul 5, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	England Women v Australia Women at Taunton, Sep 2, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I	England Women v Australia Women at Derby, Jun 25, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics

Profile

Karen Rolton has been a key member of the Australian side for more than a decade, and was given the captaincy in February 2006 replacing Belinda Clark under whom she was vice-captain since 1997. A fluent and quick-scoring top-order batsman (and erstwhile left-arm medium-pacer until she got injured) Rolton has been a key part of Australia's success, as underlined by her superb hundred which won her the Player-of-the-Match award in the 2005 World Cup final. Equally adept in both Tests and ODIs, in 2001 she scored 209 not out against England at Headingley, breaking the then women's world record Test score, and that her average in the mid 70s speaks volumes. In her first series as captain Rolton helped Australia to a 3-0 home series win against India in the one-dayers and is still unbeaten in a one-day series.

Rolton enjoyed a bumper year in 2006, sealing her status as one of the leading inspirational figures in women's cricket to date. She and Aussie teammate Shelley Nitschke managed to scoop up awards for the Commonwealth Bank Players, due to their outstanding performances for their countries, and she also led her side to success against both India and New Zealand in one-day series. Rolton is now Australia's leading run-scorer in Tests.

Her feats were rewarded in end-2006, when she was named the ICC's Female Player of the Year, the first time the award has been made. Her club side is Port Adelaide, where she plays alongside fellow international Emma Sampson. Both play for South Australia, and Rolton passed 4000 WNCL runs in the 2007-08 season.

In the off season, she used to play hockey. This year she will spend three months undergoing elite training in Brisbane.

Matthew Austin April 2008

Notes

Women's International Cricketer of the Year - 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006

ICC Women's Player of the Year 2006