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Debbie Hockley

Debbie Hockley

New Zealand cricketer


Deborah Ann Hockley CNZM (born 7 November 1962) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. Hockley was the first woman to become President of New Zealand Cricket.[1]

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Domestic career

Hockley played domestic cricket for Canterbury and North Shore.[2]

International career

Hockley appeared in 19 Test matches for New Zealand, making a high score of 126 not out and averaging 52.04 with the bat. Hockley captained New Zealand in six Tests, drawing them all. She also appeared in 118 One Day Internationals for New Zealand, averaging 41.89 with the bat. She captained 27 of them, winning 12 and losing 15. She was also Player of the Match in the World Cup final in India in 1997 and holds the record for scoring the most runs by any woman in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup (1501),[3] playing in five World Cups.[4]

Hockley was the first woman to reach 4000 ODI runs and to play 100 ODIs.[5] She was also the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for New Zealand.[6] Her international career spanned from 1979 to 2000.[2]

International centuries

Test centuries

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One Day International centuries

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Honours

In the 1999 New Year Honours, Hockley was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to cricket.[17] She was the fourth woman to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2013.[18] Her final WODI appearance was in the final of the 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup.[19]

In 2016 she was the first woman to be elected president of New Zealand Cricket in its 122-year history.[20][4]

In the 2021 New Year Honours, Hockley was promoted to Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to cricket.[21] In 2023, the award for New Zealand's most outstanding female cricketer of the year, the Debbie Hockley Medal, was named in her honour.[22]

See also


References

  1. "Where are they now? The White Ferns of 2000". Newsroom. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. "Player Profile: Debbie Hockley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. "Cricket Records | Records | Women's World Cup | Most runs | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  4. Egan, Brendon (9 August 2016). "Debbie Hockley poised to be named New Zealand Cricket's first female president". Stuff. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  5. "Debbie Hockley". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  6. "Pathmakers – First to 1000 ODI runs from each country". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  7. "New Year honours list 1999". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 1998. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  8. "Former White Fern Debbie Hockley named New Zealand Cricket's first female president". Stuff.co.nz. 16 November 2016. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  9. "New Year honours list 2021". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  10. "Top female cricketer to be honoured with Debbie Hockley medal". RNZ. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.

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