{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}} {{For|the English footballer|Gareth Hopkins (footballer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Gareth Hopkins | image = Gareth hopkins a.jpg | country = New Zealand | fullname = Gareth James Hopkins | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|11|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand | batting = Right-handed | role = Wicket-keeper | club1 = Northern Districts | year1 = 1995/96–1997/98 | club2 = Canterbury | year2 = 1998/99–2002/03 | club3 = Otago | year3 = {{nowrap|2003/04–2006/07}} | club4 = Auckland | year4 = 2007/08–2013/14 | international = true | internationalspan = 2004–2010 | testdebutdate = 5 June | testdebutyear = 2008 | testdebutagainst = England | testcap = 240 | lasttestdate = 20 November | lasttestyear = 2010 | lasttestagainst = India | odidebutdate = 29 June | odidebutyear = 2004 | odidebutagainst = England | lastodidate = 1 July | lastodiyear = 2008 | lastodiagainst = Ireland | odishirt = 48 | T20Idebutdate = 23 November | T20Idebutyear = 2007 | T20Idebutagainst = South Africa | T20Icap = 27 | lastT20Idate = 23 May | lastT20Iyear = 2010 | lastT20Iagainst = Sri Lanka | columns = 4 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 4 | runs1 = 71 | bat avg1 = 11.83 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 15 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 9/0 | column2 = ODI | matches2 = 25 | runs2 = 236 | bat avg2 = 14.75 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 45 | catches/stumpings2 = 27/1 | column3 = FC | matches3 = 158 | runs3 = 7,550 | bat avg3 = 36.65 | 100s/50s3 = 17/34 | top score3 = 201 | catches/stumpings3 = 435/26 | column4 = LA | matches4 = 203 | runs4 = 4,013 | bat avg4 = 27.11 | 100s/50s4 = 4/14 | top score4 = 142 | catches/stumpings4 = 217/30 | date = 23 December | year = 2023 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37248.html CricInfo }}
'''Gareth James Hopkins''' (born 24 November 1976) is a New Zealand former international cricketer. A wicket-keeper, he played Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International cricket for the New Zealand national cricket team between 2004 and 2010.<ref name=ci>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/gareth-hopkins-37248 Gareth Hopkins], CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-12-23.</ref>
Hopkins was born at Lower Hutt in the Wellington Region in 1976 and was educated at Taupo College.<ref name=mc>McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 70. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. {{isbn|978 1 905138 98 2}} ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2023-06-05.)</ref> He played age-group cricket for Northern Districts and played for the national under-19 team before making his senior representative debut for Northern Districts against Central Districts during the 1995–96 season.<ref name=ca>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9618/9618.html Gareth Hopkins], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-12-23. {{subscription required}}</ref>
==Cricket career== A wicket-keeper who was described as a "staunch" batsman<ref name=caprofile>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/8/8233.html Gareth Hopkins Profile], CricketArchive, 3 June 2008. Retrieved 2023-12-23. {{subscription required}}</ref> and as "uncompromising" in his approach to batting, he moved to play for Canterbury for the 1998–99 season.<ref name=ci/> After five seasons he moved to Otago for four seasons before finishing his domestic career playing for Auckland between the 2007–08 and 2013–14 seasons. The team won the domestic List A and Twenty20 competitions during the 2010–11 season and Hopkins finished his career with over 350 top-level domestic appearances.<ref name=ca/>
Hopkins made his international debut in 2004, deputising for Brendon McCullum as New Zealand's wicket-keeper in five One Day Internationals during the tour of England.<ref name=ci/> He spent much of his international career as McCullum's back-up, making his Test debut in 2008 following when McCullum was unable to play due to injury.<ref name=ci/><ref name=caprofile/> Following a successful 2007–08 season he was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket and played most of his four Test matches, 25 ODIs and 10 T20Is over the following three seasons.<ref name=ci/><ref name=ca/> "Ordinary" form in 2010–11 saw him dropped from the central contracts list and he did not represent the national team after the end of 2010.<ref name=ci/>
== Post-cricket career == Hopkins became a financial adviser with his wife since 2014. They have moved to reside in Tauranga.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Craigs Investment Partners |url=https://craigsip.com/team-member/gareth-hopkins/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=craigsip.com |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category|Gareth Hopkins}} * {{ESPNcricinfo|id=37248}}
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