Debbie Hockley

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Debbie Hockley

CNZM
Hockley in 2021
Personal information
Full name
Deborah Ann Hockley
Born (1962-11-07) 7 November 1962 (age 61)
Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 74)26 January 1979 v Australia
Last Test12 July 1996 v England
ODI debut (cap 27)10 January 1982 v England
Last ODI23 December 2000 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1977/78–1984/85Canterbury
1985/86–1989/90North Shore
1990/91–1999/00Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WFC WLA
Matches 19 118 89 214
Runs scored 1,301 4,066 5,105 8,225
Batting average 52.04 41.91 51.05 49.54
100s/50s 4/7 4/34 12/23 11/66
Top score 126* 117 164* 141
Balls bowled 492 1,521 1,596 3,497
Wickets 5 20 29 94
Bowling average 29.20 42.65 21.75 19.72
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/9 3/49 4/26 5/18
Catches/stumpings 9/– 41/– 54/– 75/–
Source: CricketArchive, 3 August 2021

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]

Domestic career

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

International career

Hockley appeared in 19

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

Debbie Hockley's Test centuries[7]
# Runs Match Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 107* 6  England England Canterbury, England St Lawrence Ground 1984[8]
2 126* 8  Australia Australia Auckland, New Zealand Cornwall Park 1990[9]
3 107 14  India New Zealand Nelson, New Zealand Trafalgar Park 1995[10]
4 115 18  England England Worcester, England New Road 1996[11]

One Day International centuries

Debbie Hockley's One-Day International centuries[12]
# Runs Match Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 117 74  England England Chester-le-Street, England Riverside Ground 1996[13]
2 100* 87  Sri Lanka India Chandigarh, India Sector 16 Stadium 1997[14]
3 100 88  West Indies India Chandigarh, India Sector 16 Stadium 1997[15]
4 100 99  Australia Australia Melbourne, Australia Albert Cricket Ground 2000[16]

Honours

In the

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

In the

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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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. ^ "All-round records | Women's Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com – DA Hockley". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Full Scorecard of ENG Women vs NZ Women 3rd Test 1984 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Full Scorecard of AUS Women vs NZ Women 1st Test 1989/90 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Full Scorecard of IND Women vs NZ Women Only Test 1994/95 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Full Scorecard of ENG Women vs NZ Women 2nd Test 1996 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  12. ^ "All-round records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com – DA Hockley". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Full Scorecard of NZ Women vs ENG Women 3rd ODI 1996 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Full Scorecard of NZ Women vs SL Women 12th Match 1997/98 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Full Scorecard of NZ Women vs WI Women 17th Match 1997/98 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Full Scorecard of AUS Women vs NZ Women 1st ODI 1999/00 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "Simpson to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  19. ^ "Statsguru: Women's One-Day Internationals, Batting records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  20. ^ "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.
  21. ^ "New Year honours list 2021". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  22. ^ "Top female cricketer to be honoured with Debbie Hockley medal". RNZ. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.

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