Reon King
Personal information
Full name
Reon Dane King
Born6 October 1975 (1975-10-06) (age 48)
Good Fortune, West Coast, Demerara, Guyana
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 224)15 January 1999 v South Africa
Last Test3 June 2005 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 89)31 October 1998 v India
Last ODI1 February 2005 v Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI First Class List A
Matches 19 50 95 125
Runs scored 66 65 444 129
Batting average 3.47 7.22 5.84 7.16
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 12* 12* 30 14*
Balls bowled 3,442 2,603 16,120 6,102
Wickets 53 76 293 170
Bowling average 32.69 23.77 27.48 25.66
5 wickets in innings 1 0 11 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 5/51 4/25 7/82 4/25
Catches/stumpings 2/– 4/– 16/– 14/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 January 2024

Reon Dane King (born 6 October 1975) is a former West Indian cricketer. King played 19 Test matches and 50 One Day Internationals for the West Indies. He also appeared for Guyana, Northerns and Durham in his cricketing career.[1]

Tall, athletic and with a slinky runup similar to Michael Holding's, he was arguably the Windies fastest bowler at the end of the 1990s.[1]

Personal life

He was born in Goed Fortuin, but grew up in Newtown Kitty. He attended St Joseph's High School where he was encouraged to join the GCC. King made his Under-19 debut for Guyana in the 1993 Northern Telecom Regional Youth Championship.[2]

In 2007 he began coaching cricket.[3]

He manages Genesis Fitness Gym, which is owned by his wife.[2]

International career

He enjoyed a successful home season in 1999–2000, taking his first Test five-for against Zimbabwe in Jamaica. Two months later, after setting up a tight win over Pakistan, he and Franklyn Rose seemed almost ready to succeed Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh. But both fell away during the 2000 tour of England, where King was said to be troubled by a heel injury. An introverted character and a genuine No. 10, King was a forgotten man for four years, until he was recalled for the home series against South Africa in 2004–05, when a raft of leading players were sidelined by a contract dispute.[2][4]

King was a strong performer in ODIs, rising to fourth in the ICC Rankings in 2000 and finishing with 76 wickets at 23.77. His remains the fourth lowest ODI bowling average by a West Indian after Joel Garner (18.84), Colin Croft (20.35) and Michael Holding (21.36).[1][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Reon King". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "King was destined for Greatness but never got there Despite being Guyana's 2nd most successful Test pacer". Kaieteur News. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Reon King: Fast, hungry and promising, but restricted to glimpses of brilliance". Cricket Country. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Digicel's Guyanese International Cricketer No. 22". Kaieteur News. 7 November 2010.
  5. ^ "West Indies ODI matches bowling best career bowling average". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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