Rebecca Rolls

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Rebecca Jane Rolls (born 22 August 1975) is a New Zealand former cricketer and association footballer who represented New Zealand in both sports.[1] In cricket, she played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter, and appeared in 1 Test match, 104 One Day Internationals and 2 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 1997 and 2007. She played domestic cricket for Central Districts and Auckland.[2][3] In football, she made 21 appearances for 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 in 2000 and she also played for the Auckland Hearts in the State League. 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[4]

Women's One Day International centuries

Rebecca Rolls's One Day International centuries
# Runs Match Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 114 48 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Lincoln, New Zealand Bert Sutcliffe Oval 2002[5]
2 104* 99 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Chennai, India Chemplast Cricket Ground[6] 2007[7]

Football

Rolls has played internationally for New Zealand as a goalkeeper. She made her Football Ferns debut in a 0–1 loss to Bulgaria on 24 August 1994[8] and ended her international career with 11 caps to her credit.[9]

Sixteen years later Rolls made a shock comeback for the national team, being called into the 2012 Cyprus Cup squad.[10] In July 2012 she was named in the New Zealand party for the London Olympics.[11] She also played in the final of the 2013 Valais Cup competition for New Zealand against the People's Republic of China. She was part of New Zealand's squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[12]

Personal life

Of Māori descent, Rolls affiliates to the Ngāti Porou iwi.[13] Following her playing career, Rolls has worked for the police, the Serious Fraud Office and the Department of Corrections.[14]

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