Caroline Atkins
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| Full name | Caroline Mary Ghislaine Atkins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13 January 1981 Burgess Hill, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm Medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 128) | 24-26 Jun 2001 v Australia women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 22-25 Jan 2011 v Australia women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 91) | 3 Jul 2001 v Australia women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 26 Feb 2010 v India women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Caroline Atkins, Cricinfo, 16 January 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Caroline Mary Ghislaine Atkins (born 13 January 1981, Burgess Hill, England) is an English cricketer and member of the English women's cricket team.[1][2] She was a member of the side which retained the Ashes on tour in Australia in 2008.
Atkins is a level two cricket coach and an ECB tutor alongside being employed by the Cricket Foundation as a Chance to shine coaching ambassador.
She attended Burgess Hill Girls, an all-girls private school in Burgess Hill, West Sussex.
Records
In Women's cricket, England's opening batters Caroline Atkins and Arran Brindle (aka Arran Thompson) have broken the then world record for an opening partnership for England by putting 150 on the board without loss at the end of the first day of the first Test against India in K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow, India.[3][4][5]
On 8 August 2008, she broke the record for the highest stand in women's One Day International cricket with a first wicket partnership of 268 with Sarah Taylor at Lord's for England against South Africa. She was first out for 145.[6] She was a member of the England team which won both the World Cup and the Twenty/20 World Championship in 2009.
References
- ↑ "Caroline Atkins - Players - Stats". ECB. 1981-01-13. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
- ↑ "Caroline Atkins | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
- ↑ "England women break world batting record in Lucknow | Cricket News | England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
- ↑ "Records tumble as England women strike form at last | England Cricket News". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
- ↑ "Records | Women's Test matches | Partnership records | Highest partnership for the first wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Stats.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
- ↑ "Record falls as England women win". BBC Sport. BBC. 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
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