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{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer and footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name                 = Rebecca Rolls
| image                = Rebecca Rolls Oct2020 (cropped).jpg
| caption              = Rolls in 2020
| fullname             = Rebecca Jane Rolls<ref name="FIFA 2015">{{cite news |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |title= List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |work=[[FIFA|Fédération Internationale de Football Association]] |access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref>
| height               = {{height|m=1.78}}<ref name="FIFA 2015"/>
| position             = [[Goalkeeper (football)|Goalkeeper]]
| birth_date           = {{birth date and age|1975|8|22|df=yes}}<ref name="FIFA 2015"/>
| birth_place          = [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]], New Zealand<ref>[http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/people/rebecca-rolls/ Profile] at [[New Zealand Football|NZF]]</ref>
| currentclub          = [[Three Kings United]]
| clubnumber           = 
| years1              =   |caps1 =   |goals1 =   |clubs1 = [[Metro FC (New Zealand)|Metro F.C.]]
| years2              =   |caps2 =   |goals2 =   |clubs2 = [[Three Kings United]]
| nationalyears1       = 1994– |nationalcaps1 = 21<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=354566/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612032749/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=354566/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 June 2015 |title= Profile |publisher= FIFA.com |access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref> |nationalgoals1 = 0 |nationalteam1 = [[New Zealand women's national football team|New Zealand]]
| pcupdate           = 
| ntupdate           = 11:03, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
| module = 
{{Infobox cricketer|embed=yes
|                name = Rebecca Rolls
|             batting = Right-handed
|                role = [[Wicket-keeper]]
|             country = New Zealand
|       international = true
|   internationalspan = 1997–2007

|             onetest = true
|       testdebutdate = 21 August
|       testdebutyear = 2004
|    testdebutagainst = England
|             testcap = 125

|        odidebutdate = 28 January
|        odidebutyear = 1997
|     odidebutagainst = Pakistan
|              odicap = 70
|         lastodidate = 5 March
|         lastodiyear = 2007
|      lastodiagainst = Australia
|            odishirt =

|       T20Idebutdate = 5 August
|       T20Idebutyear = 2004
|    T20Idebutagainst = England
|             T20Icap = 7
|        lastT20Idate = 18 October
|        lastT20Iyear = 2006
|     lastT20Iagainst = Australia
|           T20Ishirt =

|               club1 = [[Central Districts Hinds|Central Districts]]
|               year1 = 1990/91–1996/97
|               club2 = [[Auckland Hearts|Auckland]]
|               year2 = {{nowrap|1997/98–2006/07}}

| columns            = 4 
| column1            = [[Women's Test cricket|WTest]] 
| matches1           = 1 
| runs1              = 71 
| bat avg1           = 71.00 
| 100s/50s1          = 0/1 
| top score1         = 71 
| deliveries1        = – 
| wickets1           = – 
| bowl avg1          = – 
| fivefor1           = –
| tenfor1            = – 
| best bowling1      = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/0 
| column2            = [[Women's One Day International|WODI]] 
| matches2           = 104 
| runs2              = 2,201 
| bat avg2           = 25.01 
| 100s/50s2          = 2/12 
| top score2         = 114 
| deliveries2        = – 
| wickets2           = –
| bowl avg2          = – 
| fivefor2           = – 
| tenfor2            = – 
| best bowling2      = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 90/43
| column3            = [[Women's Twenty20 International|WT20I]] 
| matches3           = 2
| runs3              = 80 
| bat avg3           = 40.00 
| 100s/50s3          = 0/0 
| top score3         = 41 
| deliveries3        = – 
| wickets3           = –
| bowl avg3          = – 
| fivefor3           = – 
| tenfor3            = – 
| best bowling3      = –
| catches/stumpings3 = 2/1
| column4            = [[List A cricket|WLA]]
| matches4           = 236 
| runs4              = 5,513 
| bat avg4           = 26.63 
| 100s/50s4          = 6/28 
| top score4         = 118 
| deliveries4        = 72
| wickets4           = 2
| bowl avg4          = 31.00 
| fivefor4           = 0 
| tenfor4            = 0 
| best bowling4      = 2/17
| catches/stumpings4 = 194/120
   
| date               = 19 April
| year               = 2021
| source             = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7579/7579.html CricketArchive
}}}}

'''Rebecca Jane Rolls''' (born 22 August 1975) is a New Zealand former cricketer and association footballer who represented New Zealand in both sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/2483478 |title=The changing landscape of women's cricket |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref> In cricket, she played as a [[wicket-keeper]] and right-handed [[Batting (cricket)|batter]], and appeared in 1 [[Women's Test cricket|Test match]], 104 [[Women's One Day International|One Day Internationals]] and 2 [[Women's Twenty20 International|Twenty20 Internationals]] for [[New Zealand women's national cricket team|New Zealand]] between 1997 and 2007. She played domestic cricket for [[Central Districts Hinds|Central Districts]] and [[Auckland Hearts|Auckland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/rebecca-rolls-54323 |title=Player Profile: Rebecca Rolls |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7579/7579.html |title=Player Profile: Rebecca Rolls |work=CricketArchive |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref> In football, she made 21 appearances for [[New Zealand women's national football team|New Zealand]].

==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]]. She was a wicketkeeper batsman. She played in the victorious Women's [[Cricket World Cup]] at [[Lincoln, New Zealand|Lincoln]] in 2000 and she also played for the [[Auckland Hearts]] in the [[State League]]. She was born in [[Napier, New Zealand|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<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/287354.html|title=Records {{!}} Women's One-Day Internationals {{!}} All-round records {{!}} 2000 runs and 100 wicketkeeping dismissals {{!}} ESPN Cricinfo|work=Cricinfo|access-date=8 June 2017}}</ref>

== Women's One Day International centuries ==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="8" |Rebecca Rolls's One Day International centuries
|-
! style="width:40px;" |#
! style="width:50px;" |Runs
! style="width:50px;" |Match
! style="width:125px;" |Opponents
! style="width:350px;" |City/Country
! style="width:300px;" |Venue
! style="width:50px;" |Year
|-
|'''1'''
|114
|48
|{{crw|AUS}}
|[[Lincoln, New Zealand|Lincoln]], [[New Zealand]]
|[[Bert Sutcliffe Oval]]
|[[2001–02 Rose Bowl series#6th ODI|2002]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/67264.html|title=6th ODI: New Zealand Women v Australia Women at Lincoln, Mar 6, 2002 {{!}} Cricket Scorecard {{!}} ESPN Cricinfo|work=Cricinfo|access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref>
|-
|'''2'''
|104[[not out|*]]
|99
|{{crw|AUS}}
|[[Chennai]], [[India]]
|[[Chemplast Cricket Ground]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/58005.html|title=Indian Institute of Technology Chemplast Ground {{!}} India {{!}} Cricket Grounds {{!}} ESPN Cricinfo|website=Cricinfo|access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref>
|[[2006–07 ICC Women's Quadrangular Series#Group stage|2007]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/276214.html|title=1st Match: Australia Women v New Zealand Women at Chennai, Feb 21, 2007 {{!}} Cricket Scorecard {{!}} ESPN Cricinfo|work=Cricinfo|access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref>
|}

==Football==
Rolls has played internationally for New Zealand as a goalkeeper. She made her [[New Zealand women's national football team|Football Ferns]] debut in a 0–1 loss to [[Bulgaria women's national football team|Bulgaria]] on 24 August 1994<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/id42.htm|title=Football Ferns – Line-ups|publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|access-date=20 February 2009}}</ref> and ended her international career with 11 caps to her credit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/id38.htm|title=Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives|publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|access-date=22 September 2008}}</ref>

Sixteen years later Rolls made a shock comeback for the national team, being called into the [[2012 Cyprus Cup]] squad.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rebecca Rolls in shock Football Ferns recall|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/6474020/Rebecca-Rolls-in-shock-Football-Ferns-recall|work=The Dominion Post|date=24 February 2012|access-date=1 July 2012}}</ref> In July 2012 she was named in the New Zealand party for the [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads|London Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Squad of 18 women’s footballers selected for Team GB|url=http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/5621|work=She Kicks|date=1 July 2012|access-date=1 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928005648/http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/5621|archive-date=28 September 2013}}</ref> She also played in the final of the 2013 Valais Cup competition for New Zealand against the [[China women's national football team|People's Republic of China]]. She was part of New Zealand's squad at the [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup]] in Canada.<ref name="FIFA 2015"/>

==Personal life==
Of [[Māori people|Māori]] descent, Rolls affiliates to the [[Ngāti Porou]] [[iwi]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://tvnz.co.nz/te-karere-news/43-m-ori-athletes-head-rio-olympics-6485449 | title=43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics | date=5 August 2016 | work=Te Karere | access-date=6 August 2016}}</ref> Following her playing career, Rolls has worked for the police, the [[Serious Fraud Office (New Zealand)|Serious Fraud Office]] and the [[Department of Corrections (New Zealand)|Department of Corrections]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/lockerroom/where-are-they-now-the-white-ferns-of-2000 |title=Where are they now? The White Ferns of 2000 |work=Newsroom |access-date=22 June 2022}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|354566}}
* [http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/people/rebecca-rolls/ Profile] at [[New Zealand Football|NZF]]
* {{Soccerway|rebecca-rolls/253442}}

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