Caroline Atkins

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Caroline Atkins
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Personal information
Full name Caroline Mary Ghislaine Atkins
Born (1981-01-13) 13 January 1981 (age 43)
Burgess Hill, England
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling style Right-arm Medium
Role Batting
International information
National side
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
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 9 58
Runs scored 357 1291
Batting average 21.00 30.02
100s/50s 0/3 1/6
Top score 90 145
Balls bowled 90 6
Wickets 1 0
Bowling average 44.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/9 –/–
Catches/stumpings 5/0 14/0
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.

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