Raymon Anton Reifer (born 11 May 1991) is a Barbadian cricketer. Reifer is a left-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium-fast. He was born in Saint Lucy, Barbados. He made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in December 2017.[1]

Raymon Reifer
Personal information
Full name
Raymon Anton Reifer
Born (1991-05-11) 11 May 1991 (age 32)
Saint Lucy, Barbados
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
RoleAll-rounder
Relations
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 314)9 December 2017 v New Zealand
Last Test8 March 2023 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 192)13 May 2019 v Bangladesh
Last ODI25 January 2021 v Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 93)5 October 2022 v Australia
Last T20I28 March 2023 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010/11–2013/14Combined Campuses and Colleges
2014/15–2020/21Guyana
2013–2020Barbados Tridents (squad no. 87)
2015St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
2021Barbados Royals
2021/22Barbados
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 8 6 96 76
Runs scored 298 51 3,787 1,631
Batting average 22.92 10.2 27.44 28.61
100s/50s 0/3 0/0 1/22 0/12
Top score 62 27 108* 97*
Balls bowled 336 161 9767 2,729
Wickets 3 6 193 76
Bowling average 56.66 24.83 25.99 31.14
5 wickets in innings 0 0 7 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/36 2/23 6/23 5/19
Catches/stumpings 5/– 0/– 44/– 18/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 January 2024

Life and domestic career edit

He is from a family that has a strong cricketing background. His father, Elvis, played first-class and List A cricket for Barbados and Hampshire. His cousin, Floyd, plays for Combined Campuses and Colleges and has previously captained the West Indies in Test and One Day International cricket. His uncle, George, has played first-class and List A cricket for Barbados and has played for Scotland in English domestic cricket. His other uncle, Leslie, has played for Barbados too.

Reifer made his first-class debut for Combined Campuses and Colleges against the Windward Islands in the 2010/11 Regional Four Day Competition.[2] He was picked by the Barbados Tridents as a 9th round pick in the 2017 CPL Draft.[3]

He was the leading run-scorer for Guyana in the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament, with 323 runs in nine matches.[4] In October 2019, he was named in Guyana's squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[5] In July 2020, he was named in the Barbados Tridents squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.[6][7]

International career edit

In July 2017, he was named in the West Indies squad for the Test series against England, but he did not play.[8] In October 2017, he was again named in the West Indies Test squad, this time for the series against Zimbabwe, but again he did not play.[9] He made his Test debut for the West Indies against New Zealand on 9 December 2017.[10]

In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded him a development contract for the 2018–19 season.[11][12]

In April 2019, he was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series.[13] On 13 May 2019, he made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against Bangladesh, in the fifth match of the tri-series in Ireland.[14]

In May 2019, Cricket West Indies (CWI) named him as one of ten reserve players in the West Indies' squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[15][16] In June 2020, Reifer was named in the West Indies' Test squad, for their series against England.[17] The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]

In September 2022, he was named in the West Indies' T20I squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup and the series against Australia.[19] He made his T20I debut on 3 October 2022, against Australia.[20]

References edit

  1. ^ "Raymon Reifer". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. ^ First-Class Matches played by Raymon Reifer
  3. ^ "HERO CPL PLAYER DRAFT 2017 CPL T20". www.cplt20.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  4. ^ "Super50 Cup, 2018/19 – Guyana: Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Uncapped Smith, Savory in Jaguars squad". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Roach returns, Reifer picked for England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  9. ^ "West Indies name unchanged squad for Zimbabwe tour". ESPN Cricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  10. ^ "2nd Test, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, Dec 9-13 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Kemar Roach gets all-format West Indies contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Cricket West Indies announces list of contracted players". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Gabriel, Carter, Dowrich picked for ODI tri-series in Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  14. ^ "5th Match, Ireland Tri-Nation Series at Dublin, May 13 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard named among West Indies' World Cup reserves". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Pollard, Dwayne Bravo named in West Indies' CWC19 reserves". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul turn down call-ups for England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  18. ^ "Squad named for Sandals West Indies Tour of England". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  19. ^ "West Indies named squad for ICC Men's T20 World Cup". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  20. ^ "1st T20I (N), Carrara, October 05, 2022, West Indies tour of Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

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