Adam Parore
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| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | - | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | ODIs | ||
| Matches | 78 | 179 | ||
| Runs scored | 2865 | 3314 | ||
| Batting average | 26.28 | 25.68 | ||
| 100s/50s | 2/14 | 1/14 | ||
| Top score | 110 | 108 | ||
| Balls bowled | - | - | ||
| Wickets | - | - | ||
| Bowling average | - | - | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | - | - | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 197/7 | 116/25 | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2006 | ||||
Adam Craig Parore (born 23 January 1971 in Auckland) is a former wicket-keeper and batsman for the New Zealand cricket team. He played 78 Test cricket matches for New Zealand and 179 One Day International cricket matches. Latterly, Parore is the managing director of financial services firm Adam Parore Mortgages.
He was the first Māori to represent New Zealand in cricket.[1]
After representing New Zealand for more than a decade, Parore retired from international cricket, his last Test match played against England in Auckland in 2002. He finished with 204 Test dismissals, a New Zealand record.[2]
In 2006, Parore started his own business, Adam Parore Mortgages as a mortgage broker.
In 2008 Parore signed for playing in the Indian Cricket League, a Twenty20 tournament.
He also holds the record for the highest One Day International innings score without a boundary (96 vs India, in Baroda, 1994).[3]
In May 2011 he summited Mount Everest,[4] the only test cricketer to do so.[5]
References
- ^ Cricket Selectors Change Team in Bid to Get Lucky, International Herald Tribune, Retrieved on 19 October 2007
- ^ Tests - Most dismissals for New Zealand, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 19 October 2007
- ^ Most One Day International runs without a boundary, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 16 January 2009
- ^ Pepperell, Susan (22 May 2011). "Adam Parore conquers Mt Everest". Stuff.co.nz. http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/5037836/Adam-Parore-conquers-Mt-Everest. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ "Parore sorry for fat attack". Stuff.co.nz. 30 November 2011. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/6059693/Parore-sorry-for-Ryder-fat-attack. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
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