Hopkins to join NZ squad in Australia
Cricinfo, undated
Gareth Hopkins, the wicketkeeper from Otago, has been picked to play in New Zealand's opening game of their Australian tour.New Zealand start their month-long tour with a game against New South Wales starting next Thursday and Hopkins' inclusion means that Brendon McCullum would get an opportunity to rest. McCullum was the only specialist wicketkeeper on New Zealand's tour of Bangladesh and had an excellent series with the bat, scoring his maiden Test century at Dhaka. Lindsay Crocker, New Zealand's manager, said that the decision to play Hopkins was two-fold.
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