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Richard Reid (cricketer)

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Richard Reid
Personal information
Full name
Richard Bruce Reid
Born (1958-12-03) 3 December 1958 (age 65)
Lower Hutt, Wellington
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RelationsJohn Reid (father)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 62)9 March 1988 v England
Last ODI16 February 1991 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1979/80–1984/85Wellington
1981/82Transvaal B
1985/86–1989/90Auckland
1990/91–1991/92Wellington
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 9 43 47
Runs scored 248 1,789 1,376
Batting average 27.55 24.84 30.57
100s/50s 0/2 1/11 0/12
Top score 64 107 97
Balls bowled 7 24 7
Wickets 1 2 1
Bowling average 13.00 7.00 13.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/13 2/5 1/13
Catches/stumpings 3/– 27/– 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 May 2017

Richard Bruce Reid (born 3 December 1958) is a former New Zealand international cricketer, who played nine One Day Internationals between 1988 and 1991. His father, John Reid, played Test cricket for New Zealand from 1949 to 1965.[1]

Life and career

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Reid was born in Lower Hutt, Wellington. He attended Scots College, Wellington, where he captained the first XI.[2] He had two moderately successful seasons with the Wellington cricket team before going to Johannesburg, where his parents were living.[3]

Reid taught physical education and mathematics at St John's College in Johannesburg and played one first-class cricket match for Transvaal B. Later he worked for Nike in South Africa. In the mid-1980s, after visiting the New Zealand cricketers who were touring Zimbabwe in October 1984, he decided to return to New Zealand and resume his cricket career.[3]

Reid settled in Auckland in 1985 and played with some success for the Auckland cricket team. He acted as liaison officer with the touring Australian team in 1986.[3] He married Debbie Kittow in April 1989.[3]

In 1990 Reid returned to Wellington to work as a sales representative for Nike New Zealand.[3] Opening the batting in one-day matches for Wellington, he was the highest scorer in the 1990–91 Shell Cup competition, with 348 runs at an average of 69.60 and a scoring rate of 109.77 runs per 100 balls faced.[4] He was included in the New Zealand team for the World Series in Australia that season, and was New Zealand's top-scorer in the second final with 64.[5] A few days later he was the top-scorer on either side with 47 from 44 balls when Wellington won the final of the Shell Cup.[6]

Reid's form fell away after that season and he played no more international cricket. His last season of domestic cricket was 1991–92.[3]

Reid worked as chief executive officer of Nike New Zealand until 2001, when he began a career in cricket and rugby administration.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Richard Reid". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. ^ Joseph Romanos, John Reid: A Cricketing Life, Hodder Moa Beckett, Auckland, 2000, p. 251.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Joseph Romanos, Great New Zealand Cricket Families, Random House, Auckland, 1992, pp. 130–34.
  4. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Shell Cup 1990/91". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  5. ^ "2nd Final (D/N), Melbourne, January 15, 1991, Benson & Hedges World Series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Wellington v Central Districts 1990-91". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Canterbury chief executive set to depart". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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