Adam Parore

Adam Craig Parore (born 23 January 1971) is a former wicket-keeper and batsman for the New Zealand cricket team. He played 78 Test cricket matches for New Zealand and 179 One Day International cricket matches. Parore has been the managing director of financial services firm Adam Parore Mortgages. CoinHQ was also founded by him.^[1] Parore was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.

Adam Parore

Parore keeping wickets in a charity cricket match in New Zealand in March, 2011
Personal information
Full name	Adam Craig Parore
Born	(1971-01-23) 23 January 1971 (age 54) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicketkeeper
International information
National side	New Zealand (1990–2002)
Test debut (cap 171)	5 July 1990 v England
Last Test	3 April 2002 v England
ODI debut (cap 80)	31 October 1992 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	8 February 2002 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.	67
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1988/89–2001/02	Auckland
1994/95–1995/96	Northern Districts
2008	Chennai Superstars
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 78 179 163 255 Runs scored 2,865 3,314 6,826 5,033 Batting average 26.28 25.68 32.66 26.91 100s/50s 2/14 1/14 10/36 1/24 Top score 110 108 155* 108 Balls bowled 0 0 30 0 Wickets – – 0 – Bowling average – – – – 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match – – – – Best bowling – – – – Catches/stumpings 197/7 116/25 367/24 169/33
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 May 2017
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Men's Cricket Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur List-A cricket

International career

He was the first Māori to represent New Zealand in cricket.^[2]

He also holds the record for the highest One Day International innings score without a boundary (96 vs India, in Baroda, 1994).^[3]

After representing New Zealand for more than a decade, Parore retired from international cricket, his last Test match played against England in Auckland in 2002. He finished with 204 Test dismissals, a New Zealand record.^[4]

Personal life

In 2003 he began a relationship with socialite and television presenter Sally Ridge, with whom he had two children, and ran a sports clothing company. Ridge and Parore were involved in a controversial house demolition when they wanted to demolish a 100-year-old house and replace it with a new building.^[5]

In 2006, Parore started his own business, Adam Parore Mortgages as a mortgage broker.

In 2009 the couple were embroiled in a $1 million leaky homes lawsuit.^[6] They broke up in 2010.^[7][8]

In May 2011 he climbed Mount Everest,^[9] the only Test cricketer to do so.^[10]

In March 2014 he married 22-year-old Miller Rose MacLeod-McGhie in Hokianga.^[11] The couple reportedly separated in 2016.^[12]