Rebecca Jane Rolls (born 22 August 1975) is a New Zealand former cricketer and association footballer who represented New Zealand in both sports. In cricket, she played as a

wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. ...

and right-handed batter, and appeared in 1

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, 104

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and 2

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for

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between 1997 and 2007. She played domestic cricket for

Central Districts The Central Stags, formerly known as Central Districts, are a first-class cricket team based in central New Zealand. They are the men's representative side of the Central Districts Cricket Association. They compete in the Plunket Shield firs ...

and

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. In football, she made 21 appearances for

Cricket

Rolls had a long One Day International career, representing New Zealand in 104 matches, as well as 1 Test match. She was only the second New Zealand woman to reach the 100 ODI milestone, after

Debbie Hockley Deborah Ann Hockley (born 7 November 1962) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. Hockley was the first woman to become President of New Zealand Cricket. Domestic career Hockley pl ...

. She was a wicketkeeper batsman. She played in the victorious Women's Cricket World Cup at

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in 2000 and she also played for the Auckland Hearts in the

State League The Hallyburton Johnstone Shield is the premier domestic women's one-day cricket competition in New Zealand. The tournament began in 1935–36, as a first-class competition, but is now played as a 50-over competition, with six provincial teams ...

. She was born in Napier. Rebecca Rolls is also the first female cricketer to have completed the double of scoring 2000 runs and effecting 100 dismissals as wicketkeeper in WODI history

Women's One Day International centuries

Football

Rolls has played internationally for New Zealand as a goalkeeper. She made her Football Ferns debut in a 0–1 loss to

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on 24 August 1994 and ended her international career with 11 caps to her credit. Sixteen years later Rolls made a shock comeback for the national team, being called into the

2012 Cyprus Cup The 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup was the fifth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between 28 February – 6 March 2012. Format The twelve invited teams were split into ...

squad. In July 2012 she was named in the New Zealand party for the London Olympics. She also played in the final of the 2013 Valais Cup competition for New Zealand against the

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. She was part of New Zealand's squad at the

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in Canada.

Personal life

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descent, Rolls affiliates to the

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. Following her playing career, Rolls has worked for the police, the Serious Fraud Office and the

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