Reon King

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Reon King West Indies (WI)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm fast-medium
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	19	50
Runs scored	66	65
Batting average	3.47	7.22
100s/50s	-/-	-/-
Top score	12*	12*
Balls bowled	3442	2603
Wickets	53	76
Bowling average	32.69	23.77
5 wickets in innings	1	-
10 wickets in match	-	N/A
Best bowling	5/51	4/25
Catches/stumpings	2/-	4/-
As of 25 January 2006 Source: Cricinfo.com

Reon Dane King (b. 6 October 1975) has played 19 Tests and 50 one-day internationals for the West Indies. An athletic paceman from Guyana with a slinky run sometimes compared to Michael Holding's, King bowls through that run rather than setting himself at the crease, but was still considered to be West Indies' fastest bowler at the end of the 1990s. He enjoyed a successful home season in 1999-2000, taking his first Test five-for against Zimbabwe in Jamaica. Two months later, after setting up a tight win over Pakistan, he and Franklyn Rose seemed almost ready to succeed Ambrose and Walsh. But both fell away during the 2000 tour of England, where King was said to be troubled by a heel injury. An introverted character and a genuine No. 10, King was a forgotten man for four years, until he was recalled for the home series against South Africa in 2004-05, when a raft of leading players were sidelined by a contract dispute.