Melinda Hodgson

DOB: 8 July 1988

Debut: 2006-07

Right-hand middle order bat

Wicketkeeper

Current New Zealand Development player

NAME:  Melinda Hodgson

Nickname: Mindy, Moo, Fluffy

Secondary school attended: Aotea College, Porirua

Club:   Onslow

Earliest cricket memory: Spray-painting wickets onto my trampoline as a kid.

Favourite ground to play cricket on: The Hawkins Basin Reserve

Most memorable cricket moment: Hitting a six at Barton Oval and my teammates thinking it was teammate Megan Wakefield .

If I could bat/bowl in partnership with any cricketer from any era I would chose: bat with SachinTendulkar

Favourite player growing up: Matthew Hayden

The non-cricketing sports person or team I most admire: Jo Kiesanowski

Favourite book/magazine: Wuthering Heights

Favourite holiday destination: Rarotonga

If I was in a band I would play the: drums

In my spare time I like to:   Play Angry Birds

My signature dish is: Mum’s lasagne