He played as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.
[1] Reekers was born at Christchurch in 1973 and educated at St Thomas of Canterbury College in the city.
[2] He played age-group cricket for Canterbury from the 1991–92 season before making his senior debut for the provincial side in a December 1994 List A match against Auckland.
He did not become eligible to represent them in international competition until 2004, when he played in the 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge.
He played for Quick Haag in the Dutch Topklaase league from 1998 to 2009, before retiring at the end of the 2009 season and returning to New Zealand.