Debbie Hockley

CNZM

Hockley in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Deborah Ann Hockley
Born	(1962-11-07)7 November 1962 (age 63) Christchurch, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-armmedium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	New Zealand (1979–2000)
Test debut (cap 74)	26 January 1979 v Australia
Last Test	12 July 1996 v England
ODI debut (cap 27)	10 January 1982 v England
Last ODI	23 December 2000 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1977/78–1984/85	Canterbury
1985/86–1989/90	North Shore
1990/91–1999/00	Canterbury
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 AnnHockleyCNZM (born 7 November 1962) is aNew Zealand formercricketer who played as a right-handedbatter and right-armmediumbowler. Hockley was the first woman to become President ofNew Zealand Cricket.^[1] She is the highest runs-scorer in theWomen's Cricket World Cup.

Hockley played domestic cricket forCanterbury andNorth Shore.^[2]

Hockley appeared in 19Test matches forNew Zealand, making a high score of 126 not out and averaging 52.04 with the bat. Hockleycaptained New Zealand in six Tests, drawing them all. She also appeared in 118One Day Internationals for New Zealand, averaging 41.89 with the bat. She captained New Zealand in 27 of them, winning 12 and losing 15. She was also Player of the Match in theWorld Cup final in India in 1997 and holds the record for scoring the most runs by any woman in theICC 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]

Test centuries

Runs	Match	Opponents	City	Venue	Year
107*	6	England	Canterbury, England	St Lawrence Ground	1984[7]
126*	8	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand	Cornwall Park	1990[8]
107	14	India	Nelson, New Zealand	Trafalgar Park	1995[9]
115	18	England	Worcester, England	New Road	1996[10]

Source: CricInfo^[11]

One-Day International centuries

Runs	Match	Opponents	City	Venue	Year
117	74	England	Chester-le-Street, England	Riverside Ground	1996[12]
100*	87	Sri Lanka	Chandigarh, India	Sector 16 Stadium	1997[13]
100	88	West Indies	Chandigarh, India	Sector 16 Stadium	1997[14]
100	99	Australia	Melbourne, Australia	Albert Cricket Ground	2000[15]

Source: CricInfo^[16]

In the1999 New Year Honours, Hockley was appointed aMember of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to cricket.^[17] She was the fourth woman to be inducted into theICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2013.^[18] Her final WODI appearance was in thefinal of the2000 Women's Cricket World Cup.^[19]

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

In the2021 New Year Honours, Hockley was promoted toCompanion 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]

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