Luis Michael Reece (born 4 August 1990) is an English

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er who plays for

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

. He is a left-handed

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who bowls left-arm

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. He previously played for

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

before joining Derbyshire ahead of the 2017 season.

Early life

Luis Reece was born in

Taunton Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the ...

, Somerset and educated at

St. Michael's CE High School St Michael's is a Church of England secondary school located in the town of Chorley, Lancashire, England. The school is home to 1,200 pupils, and is a performing Arts College. Since September 2016, the headteacher has been Jayne Jenks, who to ...

and

Myerscough College Myerscough College (pronounced as ''Myers-coe'') is a Higher and Further Education college near Bilsborrow on the Fylde in Lancashire, England. Origins Myerscough College was founded on 15 March 1894 as the ''Lancashire County Institute of Agr ...

, both in

Career

Reece played for the Lancashire Second XI in 2008–2009. He played non-

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for Leeds/Bradford UCCE in 2011. He then made his

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debut for the

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in the

2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 The 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 tournament was the second season of the ECB 40 limited overs cricket competition for the English and Welsh first-class counties. In addition to the 18 counties, Scotland and the Netherlands took part, as well as the Un ...

against

, and made eight further List A appearances for the Unicorns in the 2011 season, taking a total of 5 wickets at an

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of 34.40, with best figures of 4/35. He also scored a total of 115 runs in these matches, which came at a

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of 23.00, with a high score of 26. In 2012 he played 11 games for the Unicorns, scoring 233 runs at 25.88 but taking only one wicket. When Leeds/Bradford MCCU played their first first-class matches in 2012 he scored 134 runs at 33.50 and took 5 wickets at 24.00. He captained the team in 2013, scoring 155 runs at 51.66 and taking 7 wickets at 24.14. In the match against

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, which Leeds/Bradford MCCU won by 102 runs, he scored 114 not out. He made his

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debut for Lancashire against

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in June 2013, playing as an opening batsman. In ten matches he made 722 runs at 55.53 with eight fifties.

signed Reece from Lancashire on a two-year contract in October 2016. In June 2017, he was hospitalised after suffering breathing difficulties during a Championship match against

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

. After scoring 1180 runs in all formats during his first season with Derbyshire, Reece signed a new three-year contract with the county. Reece was selected to play for

Chittagong Vikings The Chattogram Challengers ( Chittagonian/ bn, চট্টগ্রাম চ্যালেঞ্জার্স) is a franchise cricket team which participates in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The franchise was founded in 2012 & based ...

in the 2017-18 Bangladesh Premier League. At the conclusion of the 2018 season which was much taken up by a foot injury that kept Reece out for over 3 months, he signed a further one-year deal to keep him at

until at least 2021. His credentials were enhanced by the surprising bowling of 7-20 in an end-of-season championship match against Gloucestershire, giving rise to hopes that he can be considered a genuine all-rounder. In October 2019, Reece signed a new contract with Derbyshire until the end of the 2023 season. The following month, he was selected to play for the

Dhaka Platoon The Dhaka Dominators (Dhakaiya/ bn, ঢাকা ডমিনেটর্স) is a franchise cricket team that plays in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), representing the country's Dhaka City, Dhaka. The team was originally established in 20 ...

in the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reece, Luis 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Taunton English cricketers Unicorns cricketers Leeds/Bradford MCCU cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Lancashire cricketers Derbyshire cricketers Chittagong Vikings cricketers London Spirit cricketers