Adam Parore

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Adam Parore

| image = Adam Parore (March, 2011).jpg

| caption = Parore keeping wickets in a charity cricket match in New Zealand in March, 2011

| fullname = Adam Craig Parore

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|01|23|df=yes}}

| country = New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Wicketkeeper

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1990–2002

| testdebutdate = 5 July

| testdebutyear = 1990

| testdebutagainst = England

| lasttestdate = 3 April

| lasttestyear = 2002

| lasttestagainst = England

| testcap = 171

| odidebutdate = 31 October

| odidebutyear = 1992

| odidebutagainst = Zimbabwe

| lastodidate = 8 February

| lastodiyear = 2002

| lastodiagainst = South Africa

| odicap = 80

| odishirt = 67

| club1 = Auckland

| year1 = {{nowrap|1988/89–2001/02}}

| club2 = Northern Districts

| year2 = 1994/95–1995/96

| club3 = Chennai Superstars

| year3 = 2008

| columns = 4

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 78

| runs1 = 2,865

| bat avg1 = 26.28

| 100s/50s1 = 2/14

| top score1 = 110

| deliveries1 = 0

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 197/7

| column2 = ODI

| matches2 = 179

| runs2 = 3,314

| bat avg2 = 25.68

| 100s/50s2 = 1/14

| top score2 = 108

| deliveries2 = 0

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 116/25

| column3 = FC

| matches3 = 163

| runs3 = 6,826

| bat avg3 = 32.66

| 100s/50s3 = 10/36

| top score3 = 155*

| deliveries3 = 30

| wickets3 = 0

| bowl avg3 = –

| fivefor3 = –

| tenfor3 = –

| best bowling3 = –

| catches/stumpings3 = 367/24

| column4 = LA

| matches4 = 255

| runs4 = 5,033

| bat avg4 = 26.91

| 100s/50s4 = 1/24

| top score4 = 108

| deliveries4 = 0

| wickets4 = –

| bowl avg4 = –

| fivefor4 = –

| tenfor4 = –

| best bowling4 = –

| catches/stumpings4 = 169/33

| date = 4 May

| year = 2017

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38117.html ESPNcricinfo

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| medals = {{MedalCountry| {{NZL}}}}

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Adam Craig Parore (born 23 January 1971) 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. Parore has been the managing director of financial services firm Adam Parore Mortgages. CoinHQ was also founded by him.{{cite web | url=https://www.xero.com/blog/2022/09/3-key-takeaways-from-xerocon-blockchain-session/ | title=Three key takeaways from our Xerocon Sydney blockchain session | date=8 September 2022 }} Parore was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.

International career

He was the first Māori to represent New Zealand in cricket.[http://www.iht.com/articles/1999/08/19/cricket.2.t_0.php Cricket Selectors Change Team in Bid to Get Lucky], International Herald Tribune, Retrieved on 19 October 2007

He also holds the record for the highest One Day International innings score without a boundary (96 vs India, in Baroda, 1994).[http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=batted_score;qualmax1=0;qualmax2=0;qualmin1=0;qualmin2=0;qualval1=fours;qualval2=sixes;template=results;type=batting;view=innings Most One Day International runs without a boundary], ESPNcricinfo, Retrieved on 16 January 2009

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.[http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/keeping/most_dismissals_career.html?class=1;id=5;type=team Tests – Most dismissals for New Zealand] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220131553/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/keeping/most_dismissals_career.html?class=1%3Bid%3D5%3Btype%3Dteam |date=20 February 2008 }}, ESPNcricinfo, Retrieved on 19 October 2007

Personal life

In 2003 he began a relationship with socialite and television presenter Sally Ridge, with whom he had two children, and ran a sports clothing company. Ridge and Parore were involved in a controversial house demolition when they wanted to demolish a 100-year-old house and replace it with a new building.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/news/article.cfm?c_id=8&objectid=10374402 |title=Celebrity couple can demolish house |author=Orsman, Bernard |date=25 March 2006 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=7 November 2011}}

In 2006, Parore started his own business, Adam Parore Mortgages as a mortgage broker.

In 2009 the couple were embroiled in a $1 million leaky homes lawsuit.{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/4147139/What-the-Kiwi-gossip-mags-say |title=What the Kiwi gossip mags say |author=Schulz, Chris |date=20 September 2010 |publisher=Stuff |access-date=7 November 2011}} They broke up in 2010.[http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/judge-keeps-sally-ridge-adam-parore-asset-wrangle-secret-gb-114014 "Judge keeps Sally Ridge, Adam Parore asset wrangle secret"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008225519/http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/judge-keeps-sally-ridge-adam-parore-asset-wrangle-secret-gb-114014 |date=8 October 2018 }}, 22 March 2012, NBR{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10656422 |title=Tough times for Sally Ridge |author=Rebecca Lewis and Rachel Glucina |date=4 July 2010 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=7 November 2011}}

In May 2011 he climbed Mount Everest,{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/5037836/Adam-Parore-conquers-Mt-Everest |title=Adam Parore conquers Mt Everest |author=Pepperell, Susan |date=22 May 2011 |publisher=Stuff |access-date=15 September 2011}} the only Test cricketer to do so.{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/6059693/Parore-sorry-for-Ryder-fat-attack |title=Parore sorry for fat attack |date=30 November 2011 |publisher=Stuff |access-date=30 November 2011}}

In March 2014 he married 22-year-old Miller Rose MacLeod-McGhie in Hokianga.{{cite web|title=Harbourside wedding for cricketer and model bride|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11216514|work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=9 March 2014}} The couple reportedly separated in 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/81461654/stumps-pulled-on-adam-parores-marriage-to-miller-rose|title=Stumps pulled on Adam Parore's marriage to Miller Rose|website=Stuff |date=25 June 2016 |access-date=2016-12-19}}

References

External links

{{cricinfo|id=38117}}
{{Cite web |url=http://www.adamparore.co.nz/ |title=Parore's business site |access-date=26 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060425194345/http://www.adamparore.co.nz/ |archive-date=25 April 2006 |url-status=dead }}
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