Karen Rolton was born on 21 November 1974 in Adelaide. Because of her unparalleled cricket talents, she is well reckoned as one of the most Popular Women Cricket Players. Karen Rolton has well captured the women cricket scene through her aggressive cricket abilities. A glimpse into the Background of Karen Rolton gives us many inquisitive details about her reigning cricket career. An analysis of the facts indicates that Karen Rolton is a left-handed batsperson and occasionally an left-arm medium-paced bowler. Records suggest that she has scored the highest runs for Australia in women's Test cricket.

Karen Rolton plays domestic cricket for South Australia Women. She made her international cricket debut in 1995 and so far she has played in 12 Test matches, scoring 933 runs with a batting average of 66.64, including two centuries and five half-centuries. She is also reckoned as a top scorer with 209 not out against England at Headingley in 2001 setting a new world record.

With her unique bowling style she has taken 14 Test wickets with a bowling average of 23.35. She has also scored 3,939 runs at an average of 56.75 and so far taken 84 wickets at 20.73 in 108 Women's One-day Internationals. Karen Rolton was also a part of international Twenty20 matches.

She was vice-captain of the Australian team from 1997, and took over from Belinda Clark as captain in February 2006. The Cricket Career of Karen Rolton is full of impressive cricket records. Karen Rolton is a fluent and scoring top-order batsman and has been a key part of Australia's success, which also won her the Man-of-the-Match award, in the 2005 World Cup final.

Karen Rolton is equally adept in Tests and ODIs and her astonishing records speak volumes about her efforts. To talk About Cricket, players like Karen Rolton deserve a special note.

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