Former Kent player always around to save English (5)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

I am genuinely mystified by this. Not by the wordplay: that’s just EVER (always) reversed with an E[nglish] chucked in. But I’ve been through the entire list of everyone who ever played for Kent, and there’s no Reeve, ever. Dermot Reeve played for Sussex, Warwickshire and Somerset, and for England, mostly in ODI’s. Oh b****r, I’ve just realised. It’s Clark Kent, isn’t it! And Christopher Reeve. Well, I’ve had so much fun typing up that righteous indignation stuff I’m leaving it in. Enjoy!