'I hated sitting on the sidelines': Karen Rolton on her record 209* Test score at Headingley

Karen Rolton is one of just seven female cricketers and four Australian women to have made a double ton in Test cricket.Yet the powerful batter says she only achieved the milestone because she simply "hated sitting on the sidelines".

It was also an important achievement in the context of Rolton's career, whose other highlights include scoring a match-winning century in the 2005 World Cup Final and captaining the team from 2006 to 2009 after Belinda Clark retired. "I do remember that we won it in three days, but I can't even recall bringing up the first hundred let alone the second.

After dismissing England all-out for 243, Australia started their batting innings with solid partnerships on day two, the first between Clark and Lisa Keightley and the second between Clark and Rolton . Eager to score quickly, Rolton added 22 more runs to Australia's tally to bring up her century and take the team past 300, before Clark departed without making a single run that day.

"At the end of the day, the team result is most important, but she would have made it to 200 with a couple more overs she was seeing them that well."In reply, England held on to make it to 6/190 for a draw, with neither side winning the Ashes and Australia retaining the title for a third series in a row.

Rolton had carried on with her power hitting, notching seven 50s, one 100 and a 150 in various ODIs over that period. Michelle Goszko on her way to making 204 during the women's Test match between England and Australia at Shenley Park in June 2001. In a funny twist, there was also a bit of role reversal between the two double-centurions on that 2001 tour, with Goszko out for a seven-ball duck in Rolton's glory moment.

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