Comments on: Darron Reekers – Netherlands opening batsman and short-term cult hero https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/darron-reekers-netherlands-opening-batsman-and-short-term-cult-hero/2009/06/06/ Independent and irreverent cricket writing Wed, 23 Dec 2015 11:02:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.3 By: Ged Ladd https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/darron-reekers-netherlands-opening-batsman-and-short-term-cult-hero/2009/06/06/#comment-20811 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:58:45 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=1811#comment-20811 It’s an expletive-sounding name.

You could imagine people in the crowd at the Oval watching one of Chris Gayle’s sixes soar out of the ground exclaiming “darron reekers, that’s a big one”.

Alternatively, you could imagine the same folk examining a smelly old pair of training shoes exclaiming “that’s a decrepit pair of darron reekers”.

]]> By: El Quince https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/darron-reekers-netherlands-opening-batsman-and-short-term-cult-hero/2009/06/06/#comment-20800 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:30:43 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=1811#comment-20800 With any luck he’ll pull out a Mongoose against Pakistan

]]> By: Dada https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/darron-reekers-netherlands-opening-batsman-and-short-term-cult-hero/2009/06/06/#comment-20799 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:57:59 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=1811#comment-20799 The Leverock of this tournament.

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