Reid surprise inclusion for one-dayers

Press, 8 March 1988, Page 44

Reid surprise inclusion for one-dayers

From

JOHN COFFEY

in Wellington

Richard Reid, the thickset Auckland opening batsman, has been called! upon to provide the New Zealand crickei team with an explosive start to its limited-over totting against England.

One of two new internationals — the other s the Northern Districts [al - rounder and captain, Chris Kuggeleijn— Reid is the son of one of th s country’s great'e.'t cricketers, John R. Reid. Aged 29. Reid was [the most surprising inclusiojn in the side named yesterday for the one-day jfi::tures against England; at Dunedin tomorrow and Christchurch on Saturday. After appearing |fcr Auckland in this summer’s Shell Cup competition, Reid dropped from the interprovincial serine quite early in the firstclass programme. [ But the New Zealand selectors (Don Neely, Gren Alabaster and Bcb Cunis) probably recalled Reid’s momentous 97 i ft r Auckland in a limitedover match against (the West Indies last summer. 1 Reid’s lack of respect for the West Indian seafo bowlers, among Malcolm ’ Marshall and Joel Garner, was typical of his. outlook as [ he reaped his runs from 11'3 balls. The path taken by Reid to national honours [has been a long and circuitous one. He made his firstclass debut for Wellington in 1979-80, played representative cricket while; living in South Africa, and has been an irregiikr

choice for Auckland. ■ Kugeleijn’ri route to the New Zealand sidel has been no less complicated or extensive.! He can trace his career for Northern Districts back; to 1975-76, and, though born in Auckland 31 years ago, played for the Netherlands in World Cup 1 qualifying games. i In preferring Reid, the selectors have, as ■ expected, left) out Trevor Franklin because of his lack of fielding mobility. But they have also, discarded Robert Vance, dfter a season in which he accelerated his own average run-rate [and made his test debut.' | [ A middle-order [batsman'and bowler of various slow-medium and offspinning deliveries, [ Kuggeleijn was I obviously in contention when he! was chosen for' an earlier three-day match against England. ' ... ! I It will be his task to share the fifth bowler’s duties with Ken Rutherford. !:)''■ However, Kuggeleijn must have been (pressed closely by Rod Latham, in the light of [Latham’s excellent season for Canterbury and outstanding performance for the President’s XI against England at Dunedin. ! [ Latham must still'be a prime candidate Ifor the

New Zealand team to travel to the triangular tournament ! against Sri Lanka and India at Sharjah in the' United Arab Emirates. That side will be named on Sunday — the Crowe brothers, Jeff rind Martin, John Bracewell arid Martin Snedden have made it known they are ndt available. New Zealand will be without Richard Hadlee for at I least the first half of the[one-day series with England. It is still hoped he can play at Napier and Auckland. Similarly, Andrew Jones might not risk his suspect wrist tomorrow. lan | Smith is back in favour as first-choice wicketj-keeper in this type of cricket ahead of Tony Blain, | and the more accurate' Willie Watson has replaced Danny Morrison among the specialist bowlers. In announcing the team yesterday, the N.Z.C.C. chairman, Bob Vance, also named Rutherford as third test “man of the match.” The New Zealand team is — John Wright (captain), Richard Reid, Andrew Jones, Ken Rutherford, Martin Crowe, I Mark Greatbatch, Chris Kuggeleijn, John Bracewell, lan Smith, Martin Snedden, gillie Watson, Ewen Chatfield.