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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.[4] 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.[5][6] 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[7]

Women's One Day International centuries

Rebecca Rolls's One Day International centuries
# Runs Match Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 114 48  Australia Lincoln, New Zealand Bert Sutcliffe Oval 2002[8]
2 104* 99  Australia Chennai, India Chemplast Cricket Ground[9] 2007[10]

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[11] and ended her international career with 11 caps to her credit.[12]

Sixteen years later Rolls made a shock comeback for the national team, being called into the 2012 Cyprus Cup squad.[13] In July 2012 she was named in the New Zealand party for the London Olympics.[14] 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.[1]

Personal life

Of Māori descent, Rolls affiliates to the Ngāti Porou iwi.[15] Following her playing career, Rolls has worked for the police, the Serious Fraud Office and the Department of Corrections.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ Profile at NZF
  3. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ^ "The changing landscape of women's cricket". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Player Profile: Rebecca Rolls". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Player Profile: Rebecca Rolls". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | All-round records | 2000 runs and 100 wicketkeeping dismissals | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  8. ^ "6th ODI: New Zealand Women v Australia Women at Lincoln, Mar 6, 2002 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Indian Institute of Technology Chemplast Ground | India | Cricket Grounds | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  10. ^ "1st Match: Australia Women v New Zealand Women at Chennai, Feb 21, 2007 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Football Ferns – Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  12. ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  13. ^ "Rebecca Rolls in shock Football Ferns recall". The Dominion Post. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  14. ^ "Squad of 18 women's footballers selected for Team GB". She Kicks. 1 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  15. ^ "43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics". Te Karere. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  16. ^ "Where are they now? The White Ferns of 2000". Newsroom. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

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