DERMOT Reeve is the first to admit that his skills as a cricket strategist will not be called for this weekend as England bid to defend their Hong Kong Sixes title.
'In this game, the captain does not have to do much and there isn't much strategy involved,' said Reeve. One could almost detect a hint of sadness in Reeve's voice.
Probably there is nothing more that Reeve enjoys than the chess-like moves a cricket captain makes on the field as he battles to outwit his opponents.
This is an important factor of Reeve's game. The man who learnt his cricket on the fields of Hong Kong, Reeve is a noted one-day thinker, who revels in the pressurised atmosphere of 'bang-bang' cricket.
'But at Sixes there are only four fielders and you don't need to think as much,' says Reeve, who will lead England for the second time in his career.
The first time was a fortnight ago at the International Sixes tournament in London, at The Oval.