da lvbet: Canterbury’s Darren Reekers completed an outstanding season in Netherlands cricket this summer, but it wasn’t enough to help his Quick Haag side to the Dutch championship

Lynn McConnell03-Sep-2001Canterbury’s Darren Reekers completed an outstanding season in Netherlands cricket this summer, but it wasn’t enough to help his Quick Haag side to the Dutch championship.That honour went to VRA, the club of Craig Cumming and former New Zealand internationals Shane Thomson and Chris Pringle.Reekers’ side finished third equal in the championship with Gary Stead’s Rood & Wit side, 11 points adrift of VRA.But there was no doubting his performances with the bat and ball.He scored 911 runs in 15 innings and averaged 65.07 for the summer, hitting four centuries and four 50s. He backed that by picking up 21 wickets at an average of 16.85.Pringle was the best of the New Zealand bowlers taking 25 wickets at 11.08.Stead also completed a top summer. He scored 714 runs at 64.90 with a century and seven 50s, and chimed in with 20 wickets at a cost of 18.95.Full averages of New Zealand players in the Netherlands this year were:

Name                Mat    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St TeamCD Cumming           11   11   3   543  100   67.87   1   5    5  - VRADJ Reekers           15   15   1   911  141   65.07   4   4   12  - QHGGR Stead             14   14   3   714  102   64.90   1   7    5  - REWRRAF Bradley         13   13   5   398   77   49.75   -   3    4  - HBSSA Thomson           12   11   4   278   74   39.71   -   2    2  - VRAGP McRae             15   15   4   297   54   27.00   -   2    8  - HDVSAP O'Dowd            14   13   0   327   62   25.15   -   3    4  - HCCRG Morgan            14   13   0   290   76   22.30   -   3    3  - HCCC Pringle            12    2   1     6    6*   6.00   -   -    3  - VRAName                Mat    O      M     R   W    Ave  Best  4w 5w    SR  Econ TeamC Pringle            12   86.3   17   277  25  11.08  5-39   1  1  20.7  3.20 VRACD Cumming           11   35      8   143   9  15.88  3-22   -  -  23.3  4.08 VRADJ Reekers           15  130.1   32   354  21  16.85  4-35   1  -  37.1  2.71 QHGGR Stead             14  107.4   15   379  20  18.95  4-16   1  -  32.3  3.52 REWRG Morgan            14  127     23   403  17  23.70  4-14   1  -  44.8  3.17 HCCAP O'Dowd            14   31      1   170   7  24.28  3-36   -  -  26.5  5.48 HCCRRAF Bradley         13   46      3   277   5  55.40  2-54   -  -  55.2  6.02 HBS