Rosalie Birch

Rosalie Birch

Personal information
Full name	Rosalie Anne Birch
Born	(1983-12-06) 6 December 1983 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Nickname	Cheesy
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 139)	7 August 2003 v South Africa
Last Test	15 February 2008 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 96)	13 August 2003 v South Africa
Last ODI	24 February 2008 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	21
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000–2011	Sussex Women
2012–2016	Devon Women
2016	Western Storm
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I Matches 7 37 4 Runs scored 158 301 27 Batting average 17.55 15.05 6.75 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 Top score 62 46* 11 Balls bowled 860 1342 48 Wickets 13 46 5 Bowling average 30.15 18.04 7.80 5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/57 5/50 4/27 Catches/stumpings 4/0 7/0 1/0
Source: Cricinfo, 27 March 2013

Rosalie Anne Birch (born 6 December 1983 at St Albans, Hertfordshire) is a retired English cricketer who played for the England women's cricket team. An off-spinner and lower middle order batsman, she was part of the England team that won the Ashes in 2005 and retained them in 2008. In total she played seven Test matches, 37 One Day Internationals and four Twenty20 Internationals.

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

Domestically, Birch played for Sussex Women and later for Devon Women. 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.