Gareth Hopkins

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}

{{For|the English footballer|Gareth Hopkins (footballer)}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Gareth Hopkins

| image = Gareth hopkins a.jpg

| country = New Zealand

| fullname = Gareth James Hopkins

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|11|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| role = Wicket-keeper

| club1 = Northern Districts

| year1 = 1995/96–1997/98

| club2 = Canterbury

| year2 = 1998/99–2002/03

| club3 = Otago

| year3 = {{nowrap|2003/04–2006/07}}

| club4 = Auckland

| year4 = 2007/08–2013/14

| international = true

| internationalspan = 2004–2010

| testdebutdate = 5 June

| testdebutyear = 2008

| testdebutagainst = England

| testcap = 240

| lasttestdate = 20 November

| lasttestyear = 2010

| lasttestagainst = India

| odidebutdate = 29 June

| odidebutyear = 2004

| odidebutagainst = England

| lastodidate = 1 July

| lastodiyear = 2008

| lastodiagainst = Ireland

| odishirt = 48

| T20Idebutdate = 23 November

| T20Idebutyear = 2007

| T20Idebutagainst = South Africa

| T20Icap = 27

| lastT20Idate = 23 May

| lastT20Iyear = 2010

| lastT20Iagainst = Sri Lanka

| columns = 4

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 71

| bat avg1 = 11.83

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 15

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 9/0

| column2 = ODI

| matches2 = 25

| runs2 = 236

| bat avg2 = 14.75

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 45

| catches/stumpings2 = 27/1

| column3 = FC

| matches3 = 158

| runs3 = 7,550

| bat avg3 = 36.65

| 100s/50s3 = 17/34

| top score3 = 201

| catches/stumpings3 = 435/26

| column4 = LA

| matches4 = 203

| runs4 = 4,013

| bat avg4 = 27.11

| 100s/50s4 = 4/14

| top score4 = 142

| catches/stumpings4 = 217/30

| date = 23 December

| year = 2023

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37248.html CricInfo

}}

Gareth James Hopkins (born 24 November 1976) is a New Zealand former international cricketer. A wicket-keeper, he played Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International cricket for the New Zealand national cricket team between 2004 and 2010.[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/gareth-hopkins-37248 Gareth Hopkins], CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-12-23.

Hopkins was born at Lower Hutt in the Wellington Region in 1976 and was educated at Taupo College.McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 70. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. {{isbn|978 1 905138 98 2}} ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2023-06-05.) He played age-group cricket for Northern Districts and played for the national under-19 side before making his senior representative debut for Northern Districts against Central Districts during the 1995–96 season.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9618/9618.html Gareth Hopkins], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-12-23. {{subscription required}}