John Fulton Reid

John Reid

Personal information

Full name

John Fulton Reid

Born

3 March 1956 (age 60)
Auckland, New Zealand

Batting style

Left-hand

Bowling style

Legbreak

Role

Batsman

Relations

BA Reid (cousin)

International information

National side

New Zealand

Test debut (cap 144)

23–28 February 1979 v Pakistan

Last Test

13–17 March 1986 v Australia

ODI debut (cap 36)

6 February 1980 v West Indies

Last ODI

2 February 1986 v India

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1975–1988

Auckland

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	ODIs	FC	LA
Matches	19	25	101	66
Runs scored	1296	633	5650	2165
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 2006

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

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.

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

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.

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