Derek Charles de Boorder (born 25 October 1985) is a New Zealand former

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er who played primarily for

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. Born at

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and educated at

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,McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 42. Cardiff:

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. de Boorder played age-group cricket for

from the 2001–02 season. He played for the New Zealand under-19 side during the

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in Bangladesh, playing in two under-19

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s during the competition, and was a member of the New Zealand Cricket Academy. A

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, he made his senior debut for Auckland in January 2006, playing in a

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match against

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and scoring seven runs and taking a catch in a heavy defeat―his only senior match for the side.Derek de Boorder

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. Retrieved 2023-06-25.Derek de Boorder
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-06-25. Otago lure young wicketkeeper from Auckland

, 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2023-06-25. De Boorder was awarded a contract with the senior Auckland side for the following season but did not play for the side and in 2007–08 moved to play for Otago, replacing Gareth Hopkins who switched to play for Auckland. In 11 seasons with Otago he played in almost 300 senior matches for the side. In 99 first-class matches for Otago he scored 4,695 runs, including making four centuries, took 322 catches and made 22 stumping. His highest first-class score of 146 was made against

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in February 2015. In 2012–13 he played five List A matches for the New Zealand A side against

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and the following year toured India and Sri Lanka with New Zealand A. He played against the Afghanistan national side for New Zealand A in 2014 and played further matches for the side against Sri Lanka A during their tour of New Zealand in 2015–16. He played club cricket for North East Valley in

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. During the 2009–10 season de Boorder took a New Zealand record wicket-keeping eight catches in an innings playing against

. The feat equalled the world record number of catches in a first-class innings. His younger brother Andrew de Boorder played for the New Zealand under-19 side and made 36 top-level appearances for Auckland between the 2007–08 and 2011–12 seasons. Whilst playing de Boorder had studied part-time for a degree in finance and after retiring from top-level cricket after the end of the 2017–18 season, he moved to

to work for

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in the finance industry. After a year he joined the

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, training as an officer and was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant. After initially working in the Navy Strategic Personnel Planning Cell he was posted to sea on in 2020 and in 2021.Seconi A (2018
De Boorder’s replacement question for Volts
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'', 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2023-06-25.

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* 1985 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Auckland cricketers Otago cricketers New Zealand people of Dutch descent North Island cricketers Wicket-keepers 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1980s-stub