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| Full name | Gareth James Hopkins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 1976 Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut(cap 240) | 5 June 2008 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 20 November 2010 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut | 29 June 2004 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 1 July 2008 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut(cap 27) | 23 November 2007 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 23 May 2010 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995/96–1997/98 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998/99–2002/03 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003/04–2006/07 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007/08–2013/14 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
Hopkins became a financial adviser with his wife since 2014. They have moved to reside in Tauranga. [5]