John Fulton Reid

John Reid
Personal information
Full name John Fulton Reid
Born (1956-03-03) 3 March 1956
Auckland, New Zealand
Batting Left-hand
Bowling Legbreak
Role Batsman
Relations BA Reid (cousin)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 144) 23 February 1979 v Pakistan
Last Test 13 March 1986 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 36) 6 February 1980 v West Indies
Last ODI 2 February 1986 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1975–1988 Auckland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 19 25 101 66
Runs scored 1,296 633 5,650 2,165
Batting average 46.28 27.52 38.17 40.09
100s/50s 6/2 0/4 11/29 1/13
Top score 180 88 180 118
Balls bowled 18 –
Wickets – – 6
Bowling average – –
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – n/a n/a
Best bowling – – –
Catches/stumpings 9/– 5/– 116/9 27/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2017

John Fulton Reid (born 3 March 1956) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was born in Auckland.

He is a cousin of former Australian cricketer Bruce Reid, but is not related to former New Zealand captain John Richard Reid.

International career

Reid played in 19 Tests and 25 One Day Internationals between 1979 and 1986. His Test average was 46.28 and included six Test centuries. His ODI average was 27.52.

Trivia

Despite having a very respectable batting average of 46.28, it was revealed that Reid had the biggest difference in batting averages from the first to second innings by Cricinfo. Whilst possessing a fantastic first innings average of 68.41, Reid's second innings average was a dismal 12.09, a difference of more than 56 runs.

An innings-by-innings breakdown of Reid's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

Records

  • He holds the New Zealand record of scoring 1000 test runs in the least number of innings.[1]
  • He holds the record of scoring the most first class runs in a year outside England when he piled up 1915 runs at an average of 68.39.[2]

International centuries

Test centuries

Test centuries of John Fulton Reid
NoRunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueYearResult
[1]123*3 IndiaNew Zealand Christchurch, New ZealandLancaster Park1981Drawn
[2]1807 Sri LankaSri Lanka Colombo, Sri LankaColombo Cricket Club Ground1984Won
[3]1069 PakistanPakistan Sind, PakistanNiaz Stadium1984Lost
[4]14811 PakistanNew Zealand Wellington, New ZealandBasin Reserve1985Drawn
[5]158*12 PakistanNew Zealand Auckland, New ZealandEden Park1985Won
[6]10814 AustraliaAustralia Brisbane, AustraliaBrisbane Cricket Ground1985Won

International awards

One Day International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 3 March 1984 80 (76 balls: 2×4, 2x6)  New Zealand won by 104 runs.[3]
2 Sri Lanka AMI Stadium, Christchurch 6 February 1985 88 (101 balls: 5×4)  New Zealand won by 13 runs.[4]
3 Sri Lanka Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 23 February 1985 62 (108 balls: 4×4)  New Zealand won by 51 runs.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cricinfo data". Retrieved 13 Mar 2013.
  2. ↑ "Cricinfo data". Retrieved 2 Apr 2013.
  3. ↑ "1983-1984 Sri Lanka v New Zealand - 1st Match - Colombo". HowStat. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "1984-1985 New Zealand v Pakistan - 3rd Match - Christchurch". HowStat. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "1984-1985 Benson & Hedges World Championship - 4th Match - New Zealand v Sri Lanka - Melbourne". HowStat. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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