Simon Harmer

Simon Harmer
Personal information
Full name Simon Ross Harmer
Born (1989-02-10) 10 February 1989
Pretoria, Transvaal Province,
South Africa
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm off break
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 321) 2 January 2015 v West Indies
Last Test 25 November 2015 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–2011 Eastern Province
2011–present Warriors (squad no. 11)
2016 Border
2017–present Essex (squad no. 11)
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 5 123 77 67
Runs scored 58 3,783 909 563
Batting average 11.60 25.56 20.65 20.85
100s/50s 0/0 2/20 0/0 0/0
Top score 13 102* 44* 43
Balls bowled 1,148 28,840 3,612 1,214
Wickets 20 495 74 41
Bowling average 29.40 28.92 41.37 37.14
5 wickets in innings 0 23 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 4 n/a n/a
Best bowling 4/61 9/95 4/42 3/28
Catches/stumpings 1/– 117/– 50/– 25/–
Source: CricketArchive, 28 September 2018

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 South Africa 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]

Ahead of the 2017 season, Harmer signed for Essex County Cricket Club as a Kolpak player.[6] In June, in the 2017 County Championship, Harmer took 9 wickets for 95 runs in the second innings against Middlesex.[7][8] He was the first bowler for Essex to take nine wickets in an innings since Mark Ilott in 1995, and he finished with career-best match figures of 14 for 172.[9]

Harmer finished the season with the 2nd highest haul in the Country in terms of wickets taken, and took the wicket which confirmed Essex as Champions in the win against Warwickshire.

References

  1. ↑ "Simon Harmer". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Cricket Records – Records – SuperSport Series, 2011/12 – Most wickets – ESPN Cricinfo". Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Harmer's call-up a warning to Tahir". Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  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. ↑ "3rd Test: South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, Jan 2–6, 2015 – Cricket Scorecard – ESPN Cricinfo". Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Simon Harmer: South Africa all-rounder joins Essex on Kolpak deal". BBC Sport. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Specsavers County Championship Division One, Essex v Middlesex at Chelmsford, Jun 26–29, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Essex v Middlesex: South Africa spinner Simon Harmer takes 9–95 as visitors collapse". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Magical Harmer takes Essex 29 points clear". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
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