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Full name Bruce Anthony Reid
Born March 14, 1963, Osborne Park, Perth, Western Australia
Current age 45 years 212 days
Major teams Australia,Western Australia
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Other Coach
Relations Cousin - JF Reid
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
27
34
14
93
13
4.65
394
23.60
0
0
7
0
5
0
ODIs
61
21
8
49
10
3.76
117
41.88
0
0
2
0
6
0
First-class
96
106
42
503
30
7.85
0
0
19
0
List A
96
32
14
104
15*
5.77
0
0
11
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
27
42
6244
2784
113
7/51
13/148
24.63
2.67
55.2
11
5
2
ODIs
61
61
3250
2203
63
5/53
5/53
34.96
4.06
51.5
0
1
0
First-class
96
20831
9323
350
7/51
26.63
2.68
59.5
12
3
List A
96
5112
3249
106
5/53
5/53
30.65
3.81
48.2
1
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v India at Adelaide, Dec 13-17, 1985 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, Nov 27-Dec 1, 1992 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, Jan 9, 1986 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Mar 18, 1992 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1984/85 - 1995/96
List A span
1985/86 - 1995/96
Profile
Bruce Reid was a tall, gangling left-arm pace bowler who made his debut alongside Merv Hughes and Geoff Marsh in 1985-86 when Australia were at a low ebb. Able to straighten the ball in to the right-hander as well as slant it away, and with naturally steep bounce, Reid immediately became Australia's mainstay. His crowning achievement was to take 13 wickets against England at Melbourne in 1990-91. His action was described as being "all arms and legs ... like a porn movie without the sex."But his slight frame could not stand up to the rigours of fast bowling. He sustained many injuries, and despite painstaking rehabilitation programmes and several comebacks played his last Test only a year later. His record, though brief, remains impressive.
Greg Baum
