Simon Harmer

Simon Harmer
Personal information
Full name Simon Ross Harmer
Born (1989-02-10) 10 February 1989
Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 321) 2 January 2015 v West Indies
Last Test 14 November 2015 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–present Warriors
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 5 68 47 40
Runs scored 58 2,243 615 426
Batting average 11.6 27.35 19.21 26.62
100s/50s 0/0 1/14 0/0 0/0
Top score 13 100* 43* 43
Balls bowled 1,148 16,464 2,164 800
Wickets 20 253 47 24
Bowling average 29.40 34.24 38.19 38.58
5 wickets in innings 0 11 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 1 n/a n/a
Best bowling 4/61 8/72 4/42 3/28
Catches/stumpings 1/– 64/– 30/– 14/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 December 2015

Simon Ross Harmer (born 10 February 1989) is a South African cricket player, an allrounder, a right handed middle order batsman and an off-break bowler for the first-class Warriors, as well as the South African A side, South African Universities (Captain), and finally making his Test debut for the Proteas at the New Years Test at Newlands, against the West Indies.

Harmer debuted for Warriors in the 2010-2011 first class season against the Cape Cobras claiming 5-98 in the first innings and 1-53 in the second innings to go along with his 46 and 69* runs with the bat.[1] He became a regular fixture in Warriors side in the 2011-2012 side, ending the season as leading wicket taker in his full rookie season, claiming 44 wickets.[2]

These performances earned him a call up for the 3rd Test against West Indies in 2014/15,[3] where he made his Test match debut for South Africa against the West Indies on 2 January 2015 at Newlands, Cape Town.[4] He took his debut Test wicket by bowling Devon Smith in the last over before the lunchbreak on day one[4] and ended the innings with figures of 26-5-71-3.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/432960.html#bataves
  2. ↑ http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6838;type=tournament
  3. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-west-indies-2014-15/content/story/815081.html
  4. 1 2 "West Indies tour of South Africa, 3rd Test: South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, Jan 2-6, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  5. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-west-indies-2014-15/engine/match/722333.html

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