Reuben Spiring

{{short description|English cricketer (born 1974)}}

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Karl Reuben Spiring (born 13 November 1974 in Southport) is a retired English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He played with Worcestershire from 1993 to 2000, and played one match for the England Under-19s in 1994.

Spiring was educated at Monmouth School.{{cite book |editor1-last=Frindall |editor1-first=Bill |editor1-link=Bill Frindall |title=NatWest Playfair Cricket Annual 1996 |date=1996 |publisher=Headline |location=London |isbn=0747252262 |page=105}} He studied at Durham University for one year, opting to leave in order to play cricket full time for Worcestershire.{{cite news |last1=Llewellyn |first1=David |title=Extra Cover |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/extra-cover-5604737.html |access-date=23 July 2022 |work=The Independent |date=11 August 1996 |language=en}} Spiring also played in the final of the Tetley Bitter Festival Trophy in 1996. He was awarded the NBC Denis Compton Award in 1997.

Reuben's father, Peter Spiring was a professional footballer for Bristol City, Liverpool, Luton Town and Hereford United.