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Gareth Hopkins
Personal information
Full name
Gareth James Hopkins
Born (1976-11-24) 24 November 1976 (age 47)
Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
Role Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap  240)5 June 2008 v  England
Last Test20 November 2010 v  India
ODI debut29 June 2004 v  England
Last ODI1 July 2008 v  Ireland
ODI shirt no.48
T20I debut (cap  27)23 November 2007 v  South Africa
Last T20I23 May 2010 v  Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1995/96–1997/98 Northern Districts
1998/99–2002/03 Canterbury
2003/04–2006/07 Otago
2007/08–2013/14 Auckland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 4 25 158 203
Runs scored 71 236 7,550 4,013
Batting average 11.83 14.75 36.65 27.11
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 17/34 4/14
Top score 15 45 201 142
Catches/ stumpings 9/0 27/1 435/26 217/30
Source: CricInfo, 23 December 2023

Gareth James Hopkins (born 24 November 1976) is a New Zealand former international cricketer. A wicket-keeper, he played Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International cricket for the New Zealand national cricket team between 2004 and 2010. [1]

Hopkins was born at Lower Hutt in the Wellington Region in 1976 and was educated at Taupo College. [2] He played age-group cricket for Northern Districts and played for the national under-19 side before making his senior representative debut for Northern Districts against Central Districts during the 1995–96 season. [3]

Cricket career

A wicket-keeper who was described as a "staunch" batsman [4] and as "uncompromising" in his approach to batting, he moved to play for Canterbury for the 1998–99 season. [1] After five seasons he moved to Otago for four seasons before finishing his domestic career playing for Auckland between the 2007–08 and 2013–14 seasons. The side won the domestic List A and Twenty20 competitions during the 2010–11 season and Hopkins finished his career with over 350 top-level domestic appearances. [3]

Hopkins made his international debut in 2004, deputising for Brendon McCullum as New Zealand's wicket-keeper in five One Day Internationals during the tour of England. [1] He spent much of his international career as McCullum's back-up, making his Test debut in 2008 following when McCullum was unable to play due to injury. [1] [4] Following a successful 2007–08 season he was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket and played most of his four Test matches, 25 ODIs and 10 T20Is over the following three seasons. [1] [3] "Ordinary" form in 2010–11 saw him dropped from the central contracts list and he did not represent the national side after the end of 2010. [1]

Post-cricket career

Hopkins became a financial adviser with his wife since 2014. They have moved to reside in Tauranga. [5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Gareth Hopkins, CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  2. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 70. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN  978 1 905138 98 2 ( Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2023-06-05.)
  3. ^ a b c Gareth Hopkins, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-12-23. (subscription required)
  4. ^ a b Gareth Hopkins Profile, CricketArchive, 3 June 2008. Retrieved 2023-12-23. (subscription required)
  5. ^ "Craigs Investment Partners". craigsip.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11.

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