{{short description|Barbadian-born American cricketer}} {{about||the English footballer|Tony Read|the American football player|Tony Reed}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Tony Reid | country = United States | fullname = Charles Anthony Reid | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|4|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = Barbados | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = All rounder | international = true | odidebutdate = 10 September | odidebutyear = 2004 | odidebutagainst = New Zealand | odicap = 8 | lastodidate = 13 September | lastodiyear = 2004 | lastodiagainst = Australia | columns = 3 | column1 = ODI | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 8 | bat avg1 = 4.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 6 | deliveries1 = 78 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 63.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/37 | catches/stumpings1 = 0/0 | column2 = FC | matches2 = 2 | runs2 = 33 | bat avg2 = 8.25 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 26 | deliveries2 = 156 | wickets2 = 4 | bowl avg2 = 19.00 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 2/10 | catches/stumpings2 = 1/0 | column3 = LA | matches3 = 15 | runs3 = 276 | bat avg3 = 21.23 | 100s/50s3 = 0/3 | top score3 = 61* | deliveries3 = 714 | wickets3 = 9 | bowl avg3 = 50.22 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 3/40 | catches/stumpings3 = 2/0 | date = 16 October | year = 2008 | source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21163/21163.html CricketArchive }}
'''Charles Anthony "Tony" Reid''' (born 9 April 1962) is a Barbados-born American former cricketer.<ref>[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/usa/content/player/25872.html Tony Reid] at Cricinfo</ref> A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,<ref name="CAP">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21163/21163.html Tony Reid] at CricketArchive</ref> he played for the United States national cricket team from 2000 until 2005.<ref name="Teams">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21163/all_teams.html Teams played for by Tony Reid] at CricketArchive</ref> He was the first man to take a wicket for the US in a One Day International (ODI).<ref name="FirstODI">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/80/80591.html Scorecard] of New Zealand v USA, 10 September 2004 at CricketArchive</ref>
==Biography==
Born in Barbados in 1962,<ref name="CAP" /> Reid made his List A debut when the USA took part in the 2000–01 Red Stripe Bowl, playing three of the team's four group matches in Jamaica. His debut against the Jamaicans<ref name="LAM">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21163/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Charles Reid] at CricketArchive</ref> was inauspicious as he went for 50 from his ten overs and was lbw to Laurie Williams for a duck.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/70/70710.html Scorecard] of Jamaica v USA, 11 October 2000 at CricketArchive</ref>
He did not play in the match against Canada, but was back in the side against his native Barbados,<ref name="LAM" /> taking his first senior wicket - that of West Indies Test batsman Adrian Griffith.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/70/70736.html Scorecard] of Barbados v USA, 16 October 2000 at CricketArchive</ref> He was retained against Trinidad & Tobago,<ref name="CAP" /> but failed to make any impression as the USA were bowled out for a paltry 62, which their opponents rushed past for the loss of one wicket in 31 balls.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/70/70759.html Scorecard] of Trinidad & Tobago v USA, 17 October 2000 at CricketArchive</ref>
His next appearances were in early 2004, at the ICC 6 Nations Challenge tournament in Sharjah and Dubai<ref name="LAM" /> which the United States eventually won on net run rate.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/Tables/ICC_Six_Nations_Challenge_2003-04.html 2004 ICC 6 Nations Challenge Points Table] at CricketArchive</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/79/79197.html Scorecard] of Namibia v USA, 29 February 2004 at CricketArchive</ref> Later in the competition he scored 55 in a losing cause against the Netherlands.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/79/79234.html Scorecard] of Netherlands v USA, 4 March 2004 at CricketArchive</ref>
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.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21163/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Tony Reid] at CricketArchive</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/79/79603.html Scorecard] of USA v Canada, 28 May 2004 at CricketArchive</ref> Five games followed at the Americas Championship, a tournament he previously played in 2000,<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21163/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Tony Reid] at CricketArchive</ref> before another Intercontinental Cup appearance, this time in a winning cause against Bermuda.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/79/79882.html Scorecard] of Bermuda v USA, 13 July 2004] at CricketArchive</ref>
In September 2004, the USA played the first ODIs in their history, in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy in England.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Records/UnitedStatesofAmerica/Odis/Odi_List.html List of USA ODIs] at CricketArchive</ref> Reid had been caught up in Hurricane Frances, and at one stage had looked unlikely to make it across the Atlantic,<ref>[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/usa/content/story/143043.html Reid left stranded by Hurricane Frances] by Wisden Cricinfo Staff, 6 September 2004 at Cricinfo</ref> 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.<ref name="FirstODI" />
This was the first wicket in ODI history for the United States,<ref name="FirstODI" /> although they were brought back down to earth by a thumping 210-run defeat, followed by a nine-wicket thrashing by the Australians.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/80/80655.html Scorecard] of Australia v USA, 13 September 2004 at CricketArchive</ref>
Reid last played for the US in the 2005 ICC Trophy<ref name="Teams" /> in Ireland,<ref name="LAM" /> but despite two half centuries his bowling was ineffective, and he took just one wicket from 42 overs<ref name="CAP" /> in a disastrous competition for the Americans which saw them lose all four of their group games (one more was abandoned), thus denying the USA a place at the 2007 World Cup.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/Tables/ICC_Trophy_2005.html 2005 ICC Trophy Points Table] at CricketArchive</ref> He hit 54 against Denmark,<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/82/82832.html Scorecard] of Denmark v USA, 2 July 2005 at CricketArchive</ref> but his best of 61 not out<ref name="CAP" /> came in a ninth-place play-off match which saw the United States beaten by Oman.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/82/82974.html Scorecard] of Oman v USA, 11 July 2005 at CricketArchive</ref>
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