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Full name Dermot Alexander Reeve
Born April 2, 1963, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Current age 45 years 113 days
Major teams England,Hong Kong,Somerset,Sussex,Warwickshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Coach, Commentator
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
5
0
124
59
24.80
448
27.67
0
1
8
0
1
0
ODIs
29
21
9
291
35
24.25
389
74.80
0
0
19
0
12
0
First-class
241
322
77
8541
202*
34.86
7
52
200
0
List A
301
223
71
4173
100
27.45
1
15
97
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
5
149
60
2
1/4
1/15
30.00
2.41
74.5
0
0
0
ODIs
29
28
1147
820
20
3/20
3/20
41.00
4.28
57.3
0
0
0
First-class
241
29533
12232
456
7/37
26.82
2.48
64.7
8
0
List A
301
12439
8487
294
5/23
5/23
28.86
4.09
42.3
13
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Jan 18-22, 1992 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v England at Wellington, Feb 6-10, 1992 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v West Indies at Lord's, May 27, 1991 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Sri Lanka at Faisalabad, Mar 9, 1996 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1983 - 1996
List A span
1983 - 1998
Profile
Reeve loved to improvise. He would reverse-sweep the spinners to distraction, go down on one knee to hoist the quicks over midwicket, and subtly vary the pace of his jobbing, limbs-pumping seamers. In one county match, against Hampshire, he even played the left-arm spin of Raj Maru by throwing his bat to the ground to rule out catches to the close fielders. But, as a spanking cover-drive and tight off-stump line showed, he could do the basics too. His mind-over-matter approach made him a natural captain, and in 1994 - with a little help from Brian Lara's bat and Bob Woolmer's coaching - he led Warwickshire to three of the four major trophies, failing only in the NatWest final. Reeve was already an occasional member of England's one-day side by this stage - having appeared for his native Hong Kong in the 1982 ICC Trophy - and played in the 1992 World Cup final, but he was given just three Tests, all in New Zealand in 1991-92. His international career would have been longer if his ability to irk opponents hadn't extended to his team-mates. He left Warwickshire in 1997 to become Somerset's coach, and worked as an incisive commentator for Channel 4 until a newspaper expose of his cocaine addiction forced him to quit.
Lawrence Booth
