 He scored 500 runs at an average of 33.33, including a single century, 115 runs from 217 balls, made at the Woodvale Road ground in June 1993.Rea also made regular appearances for Ireland in the English limited-overs competitions (the NatWest Trophy and Benson & Hedges Cup).At the 1994 ICC Trophy in Kenya, he played in six of his team's seven matches, although he scored only 93 runs.