The 31-year-old veteran has been playing with Mowbray for the past 15 seasons and continues to show his skill with the new ball, picking up an official 19 wickets at a miserly average of 10.80.

Add to that another nine taken in Greater Northern Cup and Twenty20 semi-finals and finals (which are not included in the NTCA statistics), and four from last week against Launceston,  and Reeves boasts a total of 33 club wickets for the season so far at an average of 10.27.

He took 43 wickets last season including a career best performance of 10-59 against Riverside, picking up 7-41 in the first innings and 3-18, in the second.

His best figures this season were 5-36 against Ulverstone in the GNC.

``The last two or three years I've had obviously good years and I think it comes down to Roger Brown, our coach,'' Reeves said.

``Especially being a bowling coach he has done a fair bit of work with us, and we're always learning and putting in the hard yards at training probably three to four days a week.''

Reeves usually opens the bowling for Mowbray with Ric Considine with Jerome Illingworth as first-change bowler.

Last week he took 4-30, against the Lions, while Illingworth returned the excellent figures of 5-17, the pair sharing nine wickets in tandem.

``I think everything has clicked this season and I'm comfortable with where I'm at with my game,'' Reeves said.

``It was pretty hard going last week and was one of those wickets where once the batsman got in it was hard to get them out.

``Bowling together in partnerships is important and putting them in the right areas, and Jerome clearly did that, taking fantastic figures of 5-17  off 16 overs.

``As a bowling unit I think we are very strong in that area and we bowl very well together in partnerships.''