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Full name Caroline Mary Ghislaine Atkins
Born January 13, 1981, Burgess Hill, Sussex
Current age 27 years 310 days
Major teams Durham UCCE,England Women,South Australia Women
Batting style Right-hand bat
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
7
13
0
346
90
26.61
0
3
3
0
ODIs
39
31
3
797
145
28.46
1612
49.44
1
3
63
0
6
0
T20Is
7
5
1
25
20*
6.25
33
75.75
0
0
2
0
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
7
2
42
22
1
1/9
1/9
22.00
3.14
42.0
0
0
0
ODIs
39
1
6
4
0
-
-
-
4.00
-
0
0
0
T20Is
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
Test debut
England Women v Australia Women at Shenley, Jun 24-26, 2001 scorecard
Last Test
Australia Women v England Women at Bowral, Feb 15-18, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England Women v Australia Women at Lord's, Jul 3, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI
England Women v India Women at Hove, Sep 9, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
England Women v India Women at Derby, Aug 5, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
England Women v South Africa Women at Northampton, Aug 23, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
Profile
Caroline Atkins is a natural talent, there's no doubt about that - an opening bat, she plays with the elegant grace and timing of a righthanded Gower. When she struck a world-record opening stand of 200 with Arran Thompson (now Brindle) in Lucknow in 2002 it seemed that her time in the England youth teams and in Durham's UCCE set-up had paid off, and moreover that her future was set.
But then came a spell of bad form which endured a whopping four years - she was perceived to be too slow at scoring her runs. Although naturally talented, she has had to work hard at her game - becoming more aggressive with her shot selection and expanding her repertoire to boot. A determined character, she repaid the faith of yet another specialist coaching centre - this time as part of the MCC Young Cricketers scheme - and it was time well spent. "I was at the home of cricket every day," she says. "You can't help but hit the ball then." She came back in 2005, although she has yet to really make her mark, with just one one-day fifty and two in Tests since her return.
She began playing cricket at the age of 9 for Burgess Hill boys team in Sussex, going on to captain their Under-16 side.
