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| Full name | Karen Louise Rolton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1974-11-21)21 November 1974 (age 50) Adelaide,South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-armmedium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 127) | 28 February 1995 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 10 July 2009 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 77) | 14 February 1995 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 5 July 2009 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 10) | 2 September 2005 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 25 June 2009 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1994/95–2010/11 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karen Louise Rolton (born 21 November 1974) is an Australian formercricketer andcaptain of thenational women's team. A left-handedbatter, she has scored the most runs for her country inwomen's Test cricket.[1]
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 the2005 Women's Cricket World Cup, she scored 107not out and was adjudged Player of the Match.[3] Her numerous individual honours include being namedICC Women's Cricketer of the Year in 2006 and winning theBelinda 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'sopeners so she could not bat.[6]
In 2006, Rolton became thecaptain of the national team, taking over fromBelinda Clark.[7] She led Australia in the2009 Women's Cricket World Cup on home soil, although the team performed below expectations and finished in fourth place.[8][9]
Across 14 Test matches, Rolton scored 1,002 runs at anaverage of 55.66 which included twocenturies and five half-centuries. She made her top score of 209not out againstEngland atHeadingley in 2001, a world record at the time.[1] She also scored 4,814 runs at 48.14 inWomen's One Day Internationals.[2] Rolton became the first player to score a century in the knockout stage of aWomen's Cricket World Cup and set a record for the highest individual score on debut inWomen's Twenty20 Internationals with 96 not out.[10][11][12] In addition to her batting prowess, she enjoyed success as a left-armmedium-pace bowler, taking 102 international wickets across all three formats.[2]
| No. | Runs | Opponents | City/Country | Venue | Year |
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| 1 | 176not out |  England | Worcester, England | New Road | 1998[14] |
| 2 | 209not out | England | Leeds, England | Headingley | 2001[15] |
| No. | Runs | Opponents | City/Country | Venue | Year |
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| 1 | 113not out |  New Zealand | Wellington, New Zealand | Basin Reserve | 1997[17] |
| 2 | 154not out |  Sri Lanka | Christchurch, New Zealand | Hagley Oval | 2000[18] |
| 3 | 107not out |  South Africa | Lincoln, New Zealand | Bert Sutcliffe Oval | 2000[19] |
| 4 | 105not out | New Zealand | Lincoln, New Zealand | Bert Sutcliffe Oval | 2002[20] |
| 5 | 102not out | New Zealand | Auckland, New Zealand | Eden Park Outer Oval | 2004[21] |
| 6 | 107not out |  India | Centurion, South Africa | Centurion Park | 2005[22] |
| 7 | 151 |  Ireland | Dublin, Ireland | Claremont Road Cricket Ground | 2005[23] |
| 8 | 101 | India | Canberra, Australia | Manuka Oval | 2008[24] |
In January 2010, Rolton announced her retirement from international cricket after a 14-year career.[25] She continued to play domestic cricket forSouth Australia until the end of the2010–11 Women's National Cricket League season.[2]
In 2016, Rolton was inducted into theICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[26] In January 2018, she was inducted into theAustralian Cricket Hall of Fame.[27] A few months later, theSouth Australian Cricket Association unveiled a new community sporting facility inAdelaide, announcing the name of the main ground asKaren Rolton Oval.[28][29]
Rolton currently lives inVictoria and remains involved with cricket through her coaching roles at theMelbourne Renegades and also at local level.[30]
| Preceded by New Award | ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year 2006 | Succeeded by |
