Tony Reid

Charles Anthony "Tony" Reid (born 9 April 1962) is a Barbados-born American former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played for the United States national cricket team from 2000 until 2005. He was the first man to take a wicket for the US in a One Day International (ODI).

Biography

Born in Barbados in 1962, was inauspicious as he went for 50 from his ten overs and was lbw to Laurie Williams for a duck.

He did not play in the match against Canada, but was back in the side against his native Barbados, He was retained against Trinidad & Tobago,

His next appearances were in early 2004, at the ICC 6 Nations Challenge tournament in Sharjah and Dubai In the first match, against Namibia, he took 3-40 and scored 30 in a five-wicket win, as well as running out the Namibian captain, Deon Kotze. Later in the competition he scored 55 in a losing cause against the Netherlands.

Shortly after the end of the Six Nations competition, Reid made his first-class debut at the 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup against Canada in Fort Lauderdale. He scored only 4 and 2 as the USA lost by 104 runs, but took 2–10 in six tight overs in the Canadian second innings. Five games followed at the Americas Championship, a tournament he previously played in 2000, before another Intercontinental Cup appearance, this time in a winning cause against Bermuda.

In September 2004, the USA played the first ODIs in their history, in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy in England. Reid had been caught up in Hurricane Frances, and at one stage had looked unlikely to make it across the Atlantic, but he was rewarded for his perseverance when, opening the bowling in the first game against New Zealand, he had captain Stephen Fleming caught at cover.

Reid last played for the US in the 2005 ICC Trophy He hit 54 against Denmark, but his best of 61 not out