Derek de Boorder

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer (born 1985)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Derek de Boorder

| full_name = Derek Charles de Boorder

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|10|25}}

| birth_place = Hastings, New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| role = Wicket-keeper

| family = Andrew de Boorder (brother)

| club1 = Auckland

| year1 = 2005/06

| club2 = Otago

| year2 = {{nowrap|2007/08–2017/18}}

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 12 November

| debutyear1 = 2007

| debutfor1 = Otago

| debutagainst1 = Central Districts

| lastdate1 = 2 April

| lastyear1 = 2018

| lastfor1 = Otago

| lastagainst1 = Canterbury

| type2 = LA

| debutdate2 = 7 January

| debutyear2 = 2006

| debutfor2 = Auckland

| debutagainst2 = Canterbury

| lastdate2 = 7 February

| lastyear2 = 2018

| lastfor2 = Otago

| lastagainst2 = Northern Districts

| hidedeliveries = true

| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 103

| runs1 = 4,858

| bat avg1 = 36.80

| 100s/50s1 = 4/33

| top score1 = 146

| catches/stumpings1 = 332/22

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 101

| runs2 = 1,939

| bat avg2 = 30.29

| 100s/50s2 = 0/13

| top score2 = 77

| catches/stumpings2 = 123/14

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 99

| runs3 = 941

| bat avg3 = 18.82

| 100s/50s3 = 0/2

| top score3 = 67

| catches/stumpings3 = 61/19

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/derek-de-boorder-36947 CricInfo

| date = 25 June

| year = 2023

}}

Derek Charles de Boorder (born 25 October 1985) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played primarily for Otago.

Born at Hastings and educated at Macleans College in Auckland,McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 42. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. {{isbn|978 1 905138 98 2}} de Boorder played age-group cricket for Auckland from the 2001–02 season. He played for the New Zealand under-19 side during the 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh, playing in two under-19 One Day Internationals during the competition, and was a member of the New Zealand Cricket Academy. A wicket-keeper, he made his senior debut for Auckland in January 2006, playing in a List A match against Canterbury and scoring seven runs and taking a catch in a heavy defeat―his only senior match for the side.[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/derek-de-boorder-36947 Derek de Boorder], CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-06-25.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/62/62486/62486.html Derek de Boorder], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-06-25. {{subscription required}}[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/otago-lure-young-wicketkeeper-from-auckland-300315 Otago lure young wicketkeeper from Auckland], CricInfo, 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2023-06-25.

De Boorder was awarded a contract with the senior Auckland side for the following season but did not play for the side and in 2007–08 moved to play for Otago, replacing Gareth Hopkins who switched to play for Auckland. In 11 seasons with Otago he played in almost 300 senior matches for the side. In 99 first-class matches for Otago he scored 4,695 runs, including making four centuries, took 322 catches and made 22 stumping. His highest first-class score of 146 was made against Wellington in February 2015.[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ryder-de-boorder-sink-wellington-834897 Ryder, de Boorder sink Wellington], CricInfo, 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2023-06-25. In 2012–13 he played five List A matches for the New Zealand A side against India A and the following year toured India and Sri Lanka with New Zealand A. He played against the Afghanistan national side for New Zealand A in 2014 and played further matches for the side against Sri Lanka A during their tour of New Zealand in 2015–16. He played club cricket for North East Valley in Dunedin.Seconi A (2011) [https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/cricket-brooms-de-boorder-guide-nev-victory Cricket: Brooms, de Boorder guide NEV to victory], Otago Daily Times, 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2023-06-25.

During the 2009–10 season de Boorder took a New Zealand record wicket-keeping eight catches in an innings playing against Wellington. The feat equalled the world record number of catches in a first-class innings.Seconi A (2010) [https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/cricket-de-boorder-top-world Cricket: De Boorder on top of the world], Otago Daily Times, 2010-03-21. Retrieved 2023-06-25. His younger brother Andrew de Boorder played for the New Zealand under-19 side and made 36 top-level appearances for Auckland between the 2007–08 and 2011–12 seasons.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/97/97001/97001.html Andrew de Boorder], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-06-25. {{subscription required}}

Whilst playing de Boorder had studied part-time for a degree in finance and after retiring from top-level cricket after the end of the 2017–18 season, he moved to Wellington to work for ANZ Bank in the finance industry. After a year he joined the Royal New Zealand Navy, training as an officer and was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant. After initially working in the Navy Strategic Personnel Planning Cell he was posted to sea on {{HMNZS|Otago|P148}} in 2020 and {{HMNZS|Wellington|P55}} in 2021.[https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/variety-with-the-team-attracts-former-cricketer-to-navy/ Variety with ‘the team’ attracts former Cricketer to Navy], New Zealand Defence Force, 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2023-06-25.[https://www.odt.co.nz/the-star/beyond-stumps-de-boorder Beyond the stumps for de Boorder], The Star, 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2023-06-25.Seconi A (2018) [https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/de-boorder’s-replacement-question-volts De Boorder’s replacement question for Volts], Otago Daily Times'', 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2023-06-25.