Karen Rolton

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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. Runs Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 176 not out File:Flag of England.svg England Worcester, England New Road 1998[14]
2 209 not out File:Flag of England.svg England Leeds, England Headingley 2001[15]
One Day International centuries[16]
No. Runs Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 113 not out File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand Basin Reserve 1997[17]
2 154 not out Template:Country data SL Christchurch, New Zealand Hagley Oval 2000[18]
3 107 not out Template:Country data SAF Lincoln, New Zealand Bert Sutcliffe Oval 2000[19]
4 105 not out File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Lincoln, New Zealand Bert Sutcliffe Oval 2002[20]
5 102 not out File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand Eden Park Outer Oval 2004[21]
6 107 not out File:Flag of India.svg India Centurion, South Africa Centurion Park 2005[22]
7 151 File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland Dublin, Ireland Claremont Road Cricket Ground 2005[23]
8 101 File:Flag 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

References

Notes

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Further reading

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