Dominic Terry Reed (born 27 March 1990) is an

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former cricketer. Reed was born at

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and attended De Lisle College in nearby Loughborough. From there he went up to

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. While studying at Cardiff, Reed played for Cardiff MCCU in the season before the team gained first-class status. Alongside Cardiff MCCU teammate

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, Reed was called up to the Unicorns squad for the

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, but did not feature in any of the Unicorns matches in the tournament. He played

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for

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in 2012, making three appearances in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, before playing for

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in the 2013 MCCA Knockout Trophy. He did feature for the Unicorns in the

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, making his List A one-day debut during the tournament against

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. He took five wickets on debut when he took 5 for 31 from eight overs in Glamorgan's innings. He made five further List A appearances during the tournament. With his right-arm medium-fast bowling he took 7 wickets across his six List A matches, which came at an

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of 28.85. He is employed as the head of cricket at Kingston Grammar School. His brother,

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, has played first-class cricket.

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