Caroline made her test and ODI debut for England in 2001. She is an elegant player who has been described as playing "with the elegant grace of a right handed Gower".

With Arran Thompson (now Brindle), Caroline holds the world record opening stand (200) in women's test cricket.

In August 2008, Atkins also added the world record ODI partnership to her CV. Read more about it here.

Caroline was an early adopter of Aero and has been wearing Aero P1s since her return to the England squad in 2005.