Deborah Ann Hockley (born 7 November 1962) is a New Zealand former

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er who played as a right-handed

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and right-arm

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bowler. Hockley was the first woman to become President of

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Domestic career

Hockley played domestic cricket for

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and North Shore.

International career

Hockley appeared in 19

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for

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, making a high score of 126 not out and averaging 52.04 with the bat. Hockley captained New Zealand in six Tests, drawing them all. She also appeared in 118

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for New Zealand, averaging 41.89 with the bat. She captained 27 of them, winning 12 and losing 15. She was also Player of the Match in the World Cup final in India in 1997 and holds the record for scoring the most runs by any woman in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup (1501), playing in five World Cups. Hockley was the first woman to reach 4000 ODI runs and to play 100 ODIs. She was also the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for New Zealand. Her international career spanned from 1979 to 2000.

International centuries

Test centuries

One Day International centuries

Honours

In the

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, Hockley was appointed a

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, for services to cricket. She was the fourth woman to be inducted into the

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in 2013. Her final WODI appearance was in the

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of the

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. In 2016 she was the first woman to be elected president of

in its 122-year history. In the

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, Hockley was promoted to

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, for services to cricket.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hockley, Debbie 1962 births Living people Cricketers from Christchurch Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit New Zealand women cricketers New Zealand women Test cricketers New Zealand women One Day International cricketers New Zealand women cricket captains New Zealand women's Test captains New Zealand women's One Day International captains Canterbury Magicians cricketers North Shore women cricketers