Caroline Atkins

Caroline Atkins
Personal information
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling style -
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 6 24
Runs scored 323 391
Batting average 29.36 19.55
100s/50s 0/3 0/2
Top score 90 54
Balls bowled 7 1
Wickets 1 -
Bowling average 22 -
5 wickets in innings 0 -
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/9 -/-
Catches/stumpings 3/- 3/-
Source: Cricinfo, 25 October 2007

Caroline Mary Ghislaine Atkins (born 13 January 1981 in Burgess Hill) is an English cricketer who has played 6 Tests and 24 ODIs since 2001. She was a member of the side which retained the Ashes on tour in Australia in 2008.

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.[1] 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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