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| | Wednesday, 3 April, 2002, 08:02 GMT 09:02 UK Parore passes milestone Parore celebrates with Daniel Vettori and Darryl Tuffey Wicket-keeper Adam Parore walked out of Test cricket with no regrets after helping New Zealand to a 78-run victory over England at Eden Park. But the 31-year-old had the personal satisfaction of taking two catches to reach 200 dismissals in Tests before turning his back on the game. His career total of 194 catches and seven stumpings puts him seventh on the all-time list behind Ian Healy, Rodney Marsh, Jeff Dujon, Alan Knott, Godfrey Evans and Wasim Bari. "I would have been asbolutely gutted not to have made that number. "It's a huge honour to be in that group of great wicket-keepers. Those guys have always been my heroes since I was a little kid," said Parore, who also scored 2,865 Test runs. He announced his decision to retire for cricket prior to the final match of the three-Test series, which ended in a 1-1 draw. It followed an earlier fall-out with the national selectors when he was left out of the one-day side.
"The decision was made on a number of levels. It's not that I don't want to play cricket any more, but just that I wanted to do other things as well," he said. Parore has a law degree and now plans a career in business. "It is a choice I had to make at this stage of my life. It's not an easy one. I want to do things a professional cricketer can't - have a social life and have a family at some stage." Parore made his debut as a 19-year-old against England at Edgbaston in 1990 and played 78 Tests in all. He walked out of a 1996 tour to the West Indies after a difference of opinion with then coach Glenn Turner, and was subsequently replaced behind the stumps for eight Tests during Lee Germon's spell as team captain. But Martin Snedden, chief executive of New Zealand Cricket, said Parore deserved "the highest praise and recognition from New Zealand cricket fans". He added: "His athleticism and natural instinct as a gloveman have been outstanding features of his game." Robbie Hart will replace Parore as wicket-keeper for the forthcoming Test series in Pakistan. | |
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