Darron Reekers

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Personal information
Full name
Darron John Reekers
Born (1973-05-26) 26 May 1973 (age 52)
Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleOpening batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 28)4 July 2006 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI8 April 2009 v Bermuda
ODI shirt no.16
T20I debut (cap 5)2 August 2008 v Kenya
Last T20I5 August 2008 v Ireland
T20I shirt no.16
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1994/95–1995/96Canterbury
1997/98Otago
1999/00–2001/02Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 19 6 6 82
Runs scored 481 64 129 1,366
Batting average 25.31 12.80 14.33 18.71
100s/50s 1/0 0/0 0/0 1/4
Top score 104 29 33* 104
Balls bowled 510 492 2,423
Wickets 13 12 51
Bowling average 33.53 23.08 35.62
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/54 3/25 3/41
Catches/stumpings 7/– 2/– 5/– 31/1
Source: Cricinfo, 13 June 2009

Darron John Reekers (born 26 May 1973) is a New Zealand former cricketer who represented the Netherlands national cricket team. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler.[1]

Reekers, born in Christchurch in 1973, attended St Thomas of Canterbury College.[2] He began his cricket career with Canterbury in the 1991–92 season, making his senior debut in December 1994. Reekers played eight List A matches for Canterbury in 1994–95 and two the following season. He then moved to Otago for the 1997–98 season, where he played 10 List A and three first-class matches, marking the only domestic first-class games of his career.[3]

Reekers made his debut for the Netherlands national cricket team in 2001 and became eligible for international competition in 2004. He played in the 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge and made his One Day International (ODI) debut in 2006. Reekers played 19 ODIs and six Twenty20 Internationals for the team, retiring in 2009. He also played for Quick Haag in the Dutch Topklasse league from 1998 to 2009 before retiring and returning to New Zealand.[4]

References

  1. ^ Darron Reekers, CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  2. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 111. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2023-06-05.)
  3. ^ Darron Reekers, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-03-06. (subscription required)
  4. ^ Reekers announces retirement, CricInfo, 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2023-12-15.