Ben Harmison

Ben William Harmison (born 9 January 1986) is an English former professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Durham and Kent. The former England Under-19 left-handed batsman scored a century on his first-class debut in 2006 while playing for Durham against Oxford UCCE.^[1] He finished the season with 563 runs at an average of 37.53 with two hundreds, though both hundreds came in games outside the County Championship. He hit his maiden Championship century, 101 against Warwickshire in 2007.^[2]

Ben Harmison

Harmison in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Ben William Harmison
Born	(1986-01-09) 9 January 1986 (age 38) Ashington, Northumberland
Nickname	Harmy
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Batting all-rounder
Relations	Steve Harmison (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–2011	Durham
2011–2015	Kent (squad no. 21)
FC debut	31 May 2006 Durham v Oxford UCCE
Last FC	1 September 2015 Kent v Lancashire
LA debut	7 August 2005 Durham v Bangladesh A
Last LA	4 September 2014 Kent v Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 85 69 44 Runs scored 3,501 1,177 200 Batting average 28.23 23.54 12.50 100s/50s 7/15 0/3 0/0 Top score 125 67 24 Balls bowled 2,104 1,017 438 Wickets 37 30 30 Bowling average 40.86 32.10 21.30 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/27 3/40 3/20 Catches/stumpings 53/– 24/– 15/–
Source: CricInfo, 16 September 2015

On 19 December 2011, Harmison signed for Kent after being released by Durham in September.^[3] He played for Kent until the end of the 2015 season before leaving the county in February 2016 after four seasons.^[4] He played in Australia for Newcastle City Cricket Club in New South Wales during the English off-season.^[5]

He also plays football, as a striker,^[6] joining the Ashington side managed by his older brother Steve at the end of the 2016 cricket season,^[7] although he had also played for Ashington during his cricket career. He scored on his full debut in September 2015 in the F.A. Vase win over Easington Colliery.^[8]

References

1. "Harmison scores debut century". ECB. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
2. "Harmison scores first Championship century". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
3. "Harmison signs for Kent". BBC. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
4. Ben Harmison leaves Kent, Kent County Cricket Club, 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
5. Leeson J (2015) Australia's tour match against Kent begins at St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, Newcastle Herald, 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
6. "Ashington AFC Squad". Ashington AFC. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
7. "Ben Harmison: Kent release all-rounder". BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
8. "Ben Harmison seeking good run for Ashington in FA Vase". News Post Leader. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

External links

• Ben Harmison at ESPNcricinfo