Gareth_Hopkins_(cricketer)

Gareth Hopkins

Gareth Hopkins

New Zealand cricketer

For the English footballer, see Gareth Hopkins (footballer).

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]

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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. [1]
    Gareth Hopkins, CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  2. [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. [3]
    Gareth Hopkins, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-12-23. (subscription required)
  4. [4]
    Gareth Hopkins Profile, CricketArchive, 3 June 2008. Retrieved 2023-12-23. (subscription required)
  5. [5]
    "Craigs Investment Partners". craigsip.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
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