Dermot Reeve
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Full name | Dermot Alexander Reeve | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kowloon, Hong Kong | 2 April 1963|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1983–1987 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1996 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 March 2019 |
Dermot Alexander Reeve
Reeve played in three Tests and 29 One Day Internationals (ODI) for England. He played English county cricket for Sussex, Warwickshire and Somerset. He is a former Hong Kong sports personality of the year, gained for his cricketing efforts in that country.[1]
Early life
Reeve was born in Hong Kong in 1963 to parents who were working in the territory as teachers. His mother, Monica, later served as a scorer for a number of England Test matches. He also played for KJS football team alongside captain of the team Steven Markbreiter, who now coaches the Hong Kong based team Sai Kung Bulldogs.[2][3]
Domestic career
Reeve first played cricket in England as a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club Young Cricketers – an academy of up and coming young players between the ages of 18 and 20, who are based at Lord's. He signed for Sussex in June of the 1983 English season, and took 42 wickets in the County Championship at 29.35 apiece. He was given little opportunity with the bat, batting at number 10, but performed the duties of night watchman. This helped Reeve show his batting ability when, as night watchman, he made his maiden first class hundred against Surrey at Guildford. He remained with Sussex for six seasons, his most successful being 1987 when he managed a batting average of over 40, and took 42 wickets at an average of under 30 runs.
His lack of a high enough batting position at Sussex led to his move to Warwickshire in 1988,[1] and it was here that he gained his greatest successes. In the batsman-friendly summer of 1990 his average was 54 runs. He also made his highest first-class score of 202 not out (against an attack including Curtly Ambrose),[4] and two other centuries on the way to a total of 1,412 runs. He averaged over 40 runs for Warwickshire during his time at the Midlands club proving the move a good decision and helping him gain international selection.
Reeve was made captain in 1993,
One of his improvisations against left-arm spinner, Rajesh Maru, of Hampshire was to drop his bat to avoid being caught out by the close fielders.[3]
Warwickshire retained their Championship and NatWest Trophy crowns the following season (1995). In this year Reeve completed an unusual hat-trick when he was named
Reeve left Warwickshire halfway through the 1996 season. Reeve made over £400,000 tax free during his benefit year with Warwickshire.[5] Reeve was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1996, and received the OBE for services to cricket that same year. He moved on to become coach to Somerset (for whom he also played several games in one-day cricket in 1998), and also began to work as a cricket commentator for Channel 4 Television.
International cricket
Reeve played for
Reeve returned to Hong Kong in 1994 as part of the England squad which won the
TV commentator and controversy
Following his retirement from cricket, Reeve was involved with the Channel 4 broadcasting coverage of cricket from the start when the channel won the rights from the
In more recent years, Reeve has worked as a commentator on the
Following his cocaine revelations in 2005, Reeve's family built a new life in Australia and New Zealand. Their assets included a $3 million waterfront mansion at Clontarf.
Further scandal was to follow Reeve at the end of 2009, when he was exposed as a seller of
New Zealand
Reeve relocated with his family to New Zealand in 2006, and was named as coach of the Central Districts States Team in July 2008.
Indian Premier League
He served as an assistant coach for the Pune Warriors India in the 2011 Indian Premier League.[15]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
- ^ "Wisden Obituaries - 2014". Wisden Cricketer's Almanack. 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2018 – via ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ a b "Dermot Reeve". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ Francis, Tony (30 May 2007). "Far pavilions: Reeve's road to recovery". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Reeve reveals cocaine addiction". BBC Sport. 22 May 2005.
- ^ "Experts converge for IPL commentary" (Press release). Indian Premier League. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ Tabakoff, Nick (9 October 2009). "Ex cricketer Dermot Reeve in Bradman forgery scandal". Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Reeve named coach of Central Districts". ESPNcricinfo. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Dermot Reeve accuses Ravi Bopara of ball-tampering". ESPNcricinfo. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Dermot Reeve censured for ball-tampering remarks". ESPNcricinfo. 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Dermot Reeve ends tenure with Central Districts". ESPNcricinfo. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Marsh fate hangs in balance as Pune set to sack Reeve". The Times of India. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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