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

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Personal information
Full name
Darron John Reekers
Born (1973-05-26) 26 May 1973 (age 51)
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

Reekers was born at Christchurch in 1973 and educated at St Thomas of Canterbury College in the city.[2] He played age-group cricket for Canterbury from the 1991–92 season before making his senior debut for the provincial side in a December 1994 List A match against Auckland. He played for the side eight times during 1994–95 and twice the following season, before moving to Otago for a single season in 1997–98, making 10 List A and three first-class appearances, the only domestic first-class matches of his career.[3]

After returning to play for Canterbury from the 1999–2000 season, Reekers first played for the Netherlands national cricket team against Norfolk in the C&G Trophy on 29 August 2001. He did not become eligible to represent them in international competition until 2004, when he played in the 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge. He went on to make his One Day International (ODI) debut for the side in 2006 and played 19 ODIs and six Twenty20 Internationals for the side, his final appearance coming in 2009. He played for Quick Haag in the Dutch Topklaase league from 1998 to 2009, before retiring at the end of the 2009 season and returning to New Zealand.[4]

References

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  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.
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