Raymon Reifer


Raymon Anton Reifer is a Barbadian cricketer. Reifer is a left-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium-fast. He was born in Saint Lucy, Barbados. He made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in December 2017.

Life and domestic career

He is from a family that has a strong cricketing background. His father, Elvis, played first-class and List A cricket for Barbados and Hampshire. His cousin, Floyd, plays for Combined Campuses and Colleges and has previously captained the West Indies in Test and One Day International cricket. His uncle, George, has played first-class and List A cricket for Barbados and has played for Scotland in English domestic cricket. His other uncle, Leslie, has played for Barbados too.
Reifer made his first-class debut for Combined Campuses and Colleges against the Windward Islands in the 2010/11 Regional Four Day Competition. He was picked by the Barbados Tridents as a 9th round pick in the 2017 CPL Draft.
He was the leading run-scorer for Guyana in the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament, with 323 runs in nine matches. In October 2019, he was named in Guyana's squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament. In July 2020, he was named in the Barbados Tridents squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.

International career

In July 2017, he was named in the West Indies squad for the Test series against England, but he did not play. In October 2017, he was again named in the West Indies Test squad, this time for the series against Zimbabwe, but again he did not play. He made his Test debut for the West Indies against New Zealand on 9 December 2017.
In October 2018, Cricket West Indies awarded him a development contract for the 2018–19 season.
In April 2019, he was named in the West Indies' One Day International squad for the 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series. On 13 May 2019, he made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against Bangladesh, in the fifth match of the tri-series in Ireland.
In May 2019, Cricket West Indies named him as one of ten reserve players in the West Indies' squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In June 2020, Reifer was named in the West Indies' Test squad, for their series against England. The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.