Editing Adam Parore

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer 
| name               = Adam Parore 
| image              = Adam Parore (March, 2011).jpg
| caption            = Parore keeping wickets in a charity cricket match in New Zealand in March, 2011
| fullname           = Adam Craig Parore
| birth_place        = [[Auckland]], New Zealand
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1971|01|23|df=yes}}
| country            = New Zealand 
| batting            = Right-handed
| bowling            = 
| role               = [[Wicketkeeper]]
| international      = true
| internationalspan  = 1990–2002
| testdebutdate      = 5 July
| testdebutyear      = 1990
| testdebutagainst   = England
| lasttestdate       = 3 April
| lasttestyear       = 2002
| lasttestagainst    = England
| testcap            = 171
| odidebutdate       = 31 October 
| odidebutyear       = 1992
| odidebutagainst    = Zimbabwe
| lastodidate        = 8 February
| lastodiyear        = 2002
| lastodiagainst     = South Africa
| odicap             = 80
| odishirt           = 67
| club1              = [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]]
| year1              = {{nowrap|1988/89–2001/02}}
| club2              = [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]]
| year2              = 1994/95–1995/96
| club3              = Chennai Superstars
| year3              = 2008
| columns            = 4
| column1            = [[Test cricket|Test]] 
| matches1           = 78 
| runs1              = 2,865 
| bat avg1           = 26.28 
| 100s/50s1          = 2/14 
| top score1         = 110 
| deliveries1        = 0
| wickets1           = – 
| bowl avg1          = – 
| fivefor1           = – 
| tenfor1            = – 
| best bowling1      = – 
| catches/stumpings1 = 197/7 
| column2            = [[One Day International|ODI]] 
| matches2           = 179 
| runs2              = 3,314 
| bat avg2           = 25.68 
| 100s/50s2          = 1/14 
| top score2         = 108 
| deliveries2        = 0
| wickets2           = – 
| bowl avg2          = – 
| fivefor2           = – 
| tenfor2            = –
| best bowling2      = – 
| catches/stumpings2 = 116/25 
| column3            = [[First-class cricket|FC]] 
| matches3           = 163
| runs3              = 6,826 
| bat avg3           = 32.66 
| 100s/50s3          = 10/36 
| top score3         = 155[[not out|*]] 
| deliveries3        = 30 
| wickets3           = 0 
| bowl avg3          = – 
| fivefor3           = –
| tenfor3            = –
| best bowling3      = – 
| catches/stumpings3 = 367/24 
| column4            = [[List A cricket|LA]] 
| matches4           = 255
| runs4              = 5,033 
| bat avg4           = 26.91 
| 100s/50s4          = 1/24 
| top score4         = 108 
| deliveries4        = 0
| wickets4           = – 
| bowl avg4          = – 
| fivefor4           = – 
| tenfor4            = – 
| best bowling4      = – 
| catches/stumpings4 = 169/33 
| date               = 4 May 
| year               = 2017 
| source             = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38117.html ESPNcricinfo 
| module = {{Infobox medal templates | titlestyle = background-color: lightsteelblue; | expand=yes 
| medals = {{MedalCountry| {{NZL}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Cricket]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | [[Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|List-A cricket]] }}
}}
}}

'''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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.xero.com/blog/2022/09/3-key-takeaways-from-xerocon-blockchain-session/ | title=Three key takeaways from our Xerocon Sydney blockchain session | date=8 September 2022 }}</ref> Parore was a member of the New Zealand team that won the [[2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy]].

==International career==
He was the first [[Māori people|Māori]] to represent New Zealand in cricket.<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/1999/08/19/cricket.2.t_0.php Cricket Selectors Change Team in Bid to Get Lucky], [[International Herald Tribune]], Retrieved on 19 October 2007</ref>

He also holds the record for the highest One Day International innings score without a boundary (96 vs India, in Baroda, 1994).<ref>[http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=batted_score;qualmax1=0;qualmax2=0;qualmin1=0;qualmin2=0;qualval1=fours;qualval2=sixes;template=results;type=batting;view=innings Most One Day International runs without a boundary], ESPNcricinfo, Retrieved on 16 January 2009</ref>

After representing New Zealand for more than a decade, Parore retired from international cricket, his last [[Test cricket|Test match]] played against [[English cricket team|England]] in [[Auckland]] in 2002. He finished with 204 Test dismissals, a New Zealand record.<ref>[http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/keeping/most_dismissals_career.html?class=1;id=5;type=team Tests – Most dismissals for New Zealand] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220131553/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/keeping/most_dismissals_career.html?class=1%3Bid%3D5%3Btype%3Dteam |date=20 February 2008 }}, ESPNcricinfo, Retrieved on 19 October 2007</ref>

==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.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10374402">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/news/article.cfm?c_id=8&objectid=10374402 |title=Celebrity couple can demolish house |author=Orsman, Bernard |date=25 March 2006 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=7 November 2011}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_4147139">{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/4147139/What-the-Kiwi-gossip-mags-say |title=What the Kiwi gossip mags say |author=Schulz, Chris |date=20 September 2010 |publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |access-date=7 November 2011}}</ref> They broke up in 2010.<ref name=assets>[http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/judge-keeps-sally-ridge-adam-parore-asset-wrangle-secret-gb-114014 "Judge keeps Sally Ridge, Adam Parore asset wrangle secret"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008225519/http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/judge-keeps-sally-ridge-adam-parore-asset-wrangle-secret-gb-114014 |date=8 October 2018 }}, 22 March 2012, NBR</ref><ref name="NZ_Herald_10656422">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10656422 |title=Tough times for Sally Ridge |author=Rebecca Lewis and Rachel Glucina |date=4 July 2010 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=7 November 2011}}</ref>

In May 2011 he climbed [[Mount Everest]],<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_5037836">{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/5037836/Adam-Parore-conquers-Mt-Everest |title=Adam Parore conquers Mt Everest |author=Pepperell, Susan |date=22 May 2011 |publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |access-date=15 September 2011}}</ref> the only Test cricketer to do so.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/6059693/Parore-sorry-for-Ryder-fat-attack |title=Parore sorry for fat attack |date=30 November 2011 |publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |access-date=30 November 2011}}</ref>

In March 2014 he married 22-year-old Miller Rose MacLeod-McGhie in Hokianga.<ref name=NZHeraldWedding>{{cite web|title=Harbourside wedding for cricketer and model bride|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11216514|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=9 March 2014}}</ref> The couple reportedly separated in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/81461654/stumps-pulled-on-adam-parores-marriage-to-miller-rose|title=Stumps pulled on Adam Parore's marriage to Miller Rose|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=25 June 2016 |access-date=2016-12-19}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Cite web |url=http://www.adamparore.co.nz/ |title=Parore's business site |access-date=26 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060425194345/http://www.adamparore.co.nz/ |archive-date=25 April 2006 |url-status=dead }}
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