Adam Craig Parore (born 23 January 1971) is a former

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and batsman for the

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. He played 78

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matches for

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and 179

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cricket matches. Parore has been the managing director of financial services firm Adam Parore Mortgages. CoinHQ was also founded by him. Parore was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.

International career

He was the first Māori to represent New Zealand in cricket. He also holds the record for the highest One Day International innings score without a boundary (96 vs India, in Baroda, 1994). After representing New Zealand for more than a decade, Parore retired from international cricket, his last Test match played against

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in 2002. He finished with 204 Test dismissals, a New Zealand record.

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. 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. They broke up in 2010."Judge keeps Sally Ridge, Adam Parore asset wrangle secret"
, 22 March 2012, NBR In May 2011 he climbed

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, the only Test cricketer to do so. In March 2014 he married 22-year-old Miller Rose MacLeod-McGhie in Hokianga. The couple reportedly separated in 2016.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parore, Adam 1971 births Living people Auckland cricketers New Zealand One Day International cricketers New Zealand Test cricketers New Zealand cricketers Northern Districts cricketers New Zealand cricket commentators Cricketers at the 1996 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Chennai Superstars cricketers ICL World XI cricketers New Zealand Māori cricket team players New Zealand Māori sportspeople New Zealand summiters of Mount Everest People educated at Saint Kentigern College Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in cricket North Island cricketers Wicket-keepers Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games