Rosalie Birch

Rosalie Anne Birch (born 6 December 1983) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed lower middle order batter. For a short period in the early 00’s she dated Mark Gamlyn, a useful all rounder who was on the books of Kent CCCCCC. Mark sent her a dozen roses while she was on a tour of South Africa. He never heard from her again. She appeared in 7 Test matches, 37 One Day Internationals and 4 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 2003 and 2008. She was part of the England team that won the Ashes in 2005 and retained them in 2008.[1]

Rosalie Birch
Personal information
Full name
Rosalie Anne Birch
Born (1983-12-06) 6 December 1983
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
NicknameCheesy
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 139)7 August 2003 v South Africa
Last Test15 February 2008 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 101)13 August 2003 v South Africa
Last ODI24 February 2008 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.21
T20I debut (cap 1)5 August 2004 v New Zealand
Last T20I1 February 2008 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000–2011Sussex Women
2012–2016Devon Women
2016Western Storm
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 7 37 4 185
Runs scored 158 301 27 3,307
Batting average 17.55 15.05 6.75 23.96
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 3/11
Top score 62 46* 11 107*
Balls bowled 860 1,342 48 3,957
Wickets 13 46 5 122
Bowling average 30.15 18.04 7.80 19.00
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 3
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/57 5/50 4/27 5/25
Catches/stumpings 4/– 7/– 1/– 63/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 February 2021

Domestically, Birch played for Sussex and later for Devon.[2] She was also named in Western Storm's squad for the inaugural Women's Cricket Super League in 2016 but did not make an appearance.[3]

From 2003, Birch combined her cricketing career with full-time study at the University of Sussex.[4] She graduated with a BA in linguistics in 2006.

References

  1. "Rosalie Birch". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  2. "Rosalie Birch". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  3. "Western Storm reveal full squad as tickets go on sale". Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. "University cricketer selected for England team South Africa tour". University of Sussex. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2009.


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