- Rosalie Birch
- 8 Aug 07, 10:51 AM
One of a bevy of Sussex girls in the England cricket squad, all-rounder Rosalie Birch made her international debut in a Test against South Africa at Shenley in 2003.
Her off-spin bowling has often forced vital breakthroughs at key moments and she is a handy middle order batsman too, with a top score of 62 in Tests.
Birch is particularly strong in the one-day format, where she twice took four-wicket hauls in the 2-0 series win in Sri Lanka in November 2005.
Her best figures are 5-50, in a match at Potchefstroom in 2004.
In 2006, she featured in the BBC Sport Relief cricket tour of India, playing alongside the likes of Phil Tufnell, Chris Evans, Nick Knowles and Patrick Kielty.
In the winter months, she sometimes answers the phone at Sussex CCC, where she does occasional stints as the county’s press officer.
- Adam Mountford
- 8 Aug 07, 08:49 AM
After the excitement of Twenty20 Finals Day at Edgbaston, the BBC Cricket team moves to The Oval to see if Michael Vaughan can avoid losing his first home Test series as captain.
Working with us will be three of the finest opening batsmen in the history of the game - Sunil Gavaskar, Geoff Boycott and Graham Gooch. Former England and Surrey batsman Graham Thorpe will be joining us to offer his Oval expertise and to put the bowler's viewpoint will be TMS stalwart Mike Selvey.
Thorpe was with us at Lord's for the first Test where several TMS listeners e-mailed to ask who was the "Australian" on the commentary team. Listen out to see if you think Thorpe has gone native since landing a job Down Under with New South Wales. Describing the action will be Jonathan Agnew alongside Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Simon Mann.
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