Rosalie Anne Birch (born 6 December 1983) is an English former

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

er who played as a right-arm

off break Off spin is a type of finger spin bowling in cricket. A bowler who uses this technique is called an off spinner. Off spinners are right-handed spin bowlers who use their fingers to spin the ball. Their normal delivery is an off break, which spi ...

bowler and right-handed lower middle order batter. She appeared in 7 Test matches, 37

One Day Internationals A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World Cup ...

and 4

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for

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

between 2003 and 2008. She was part of the England team that won the Ashes in 2005 and retained them in 2008. Domestically, Birch played for Sussex and later for

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...

. She was also named in Western Storm's squad for the inaugural

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in 2016 but did not make an appearance. From 2003, Birch combined her cricketing career with full-time study at the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

. She graduated with a BA in linguistics in 2006.

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* 1983 births Living people English women cricketers Cricketers from St Albans Alumni of the University of Sussex England women Test cricketers England women One Day International cricketers England women Twenty20 International cricketers Sussex women cricketers Devon women cricketers Western Storm cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1980s-stub