Achievements
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Pickering made his full All Whites international debut in a 2-0 win over Singapore on 1 October 1978, and was a member of the squad that qualified for the 1982 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup finals in Spain but did not make the field in Spain. Including friendlies and unofficial games against club sides, Pickering played 20 times for New Zealand, ending his international playing career with 11 official A-international caps to his cr, keeping a clean sheet in his final appearance, a 2-0 win over Malaysia on 31 March 1984.