James Harris (cricketer)

James Harris

Personal information
Full name	James Alexander Russell Harris
Born	16 May 1990 Morriston, Wales
Nickname	Rolf, Bones, Christmas
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007–2012	Glamorgan (squad no. 9)
2013–	Middlesex (squad no. 5)
2014	→ Glamorgan (on loan)
FC debut	2 May 2007 Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire
LA debut	10 June 2007 Glamorgan v Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 103 53 46 Runs scored 2,348 293 138 Batting average 20.77 11.72 10.61 100s/50s 0/10 0/0 0/0 Top score 87* 29 18 Balls bowled 18,003 2,173 848 Wickets 346 71 41 Bowling average 28.75 28.92 30.56 5 wickets in innings 12 0 0 10 wickets in match 2 n/a n/a Best bowling 9/34 4/38 4/23 Catches/stumpings 29/– 11/– 5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 23 March 2016

James Alexander Russell Harris (born 16 May 1990 in Swansea, Wales) is a cricketer who is on the staff of Middlesex. Harris is a right arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman.

Career

Harris was the youngest person ever to play for Glamorgan 2nd XI, aged 14 years and 353 days and the youngest person to have played for Wales Minor Counties, when he took 3/48 against the Netherlands. In 2006 he captained England Under-16s team and at the age of 15 signed up for Glamorgan.

He made his first class debut in 2007, at the age of 17. Against Gloucestershire, he finished with figures of 12-118, meaning he became the youngest player ever to take 10 or more wickets in a County Championship match, taking 5-52 in the second innings to follow up his first-innings 7-66.

Amazingly Harris rapidly followed this up by becoming the youngest Glamorgan player to score a half century with the bat as he posted an impressive 87 not out in a record 9th wicket partnership of 185 with Robert Croft against Nottinghamshire at Swansea, in only his fourth first class match.

On 28 April 2010 he became the youngest Glamorgan player to take 100 first class wickets for the county when he claimed the wicket of Phil Jaques in the victory against Worcestershire.^[1]

On 31 August 2012, Glamorgan confirmed that Harris had turned down the offer of a substantial new contract, and having taken an option in his existing contract, would be leaving the county at the end of the 2012 domestic season.^[2] On 24 September 2012, Harris joined Middlesex on a three year deal.^[3]

Career best performances

As of 23 March 2016.

	Batting				Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
FC	87*	Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire	Swansea	2007	9-34	Middlesex v Durham	Lord's	2015
LA	29	England Lions v Sri Lanka A	Northampton	2008	4-38	Middlesex v Glamorgan	Lord's	2015
T20	18	Glamorgan Dragons v Middlesex Panthers	Richmond	2010	4-23	Glamorgan Dragons v Northamptonshire Steelbacks	Cardiff	2009

References

1. "Matthew Maynard hails James Harris' record 100 wickets". BBC Sport. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
2. "James Harris nears Notts move as Glamorgan exit confirmed". BBC Sport. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
3. "James Harris chooses Middlesex move after Glamorgan exit". BBC Sport. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.

External links

• Player profile: James Harris from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: James Harris from CricketArchive