Paul Harris (cricketer, born 1978)

Paul Harris

Personal information
Full name	Paul Lee Harris
Born	(1978-11-02) 2 November 1978 (age 38) Salisbury, Rhodesia
Nickname	Harro, Harri
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Slow left arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 301)	2 January 2007 v India
Last Test	2 January 2011 v India
ODI debut (cap 91)	9 March 2008 v Bangladesh
Last ODI	14 March 2008 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.	2
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2000–2002	Western Province
2002–2006	Northerns
2006–2007	Warwickshire
2004–2010	Titans
2010–present	Lions
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA Matches 37 3 112 51 Runs scored 460 – 1,630 67 Batting average 10.69 – 14.17 7.44 100s/50s –/– –/– –/3 –/– Top score 46 – 55 15* Balls bowled 8,809 180 25,771 2,190 Wickets 103 3 368 59 Bowling average 37.87 27.66 31.61 27.27 5 wickets in innings 3 – 20 1 10 wickets in match – – 1 – Best bowling 6/127 2/30 7/94 5/27 Catches/stumpings 16/– 2/– 43/– 21/–
Source: CricketArchive, 6 February 2011

Paul Lee Harris (born 2 November 1978 in Salisbury, Rhodesia) is a South African cricketer who has played Test cricket as a left-arm orthodox spin bowler for the South African team since 2007. He has also played domestic cricket for Northerns, Titans, Western Province and Warwickshire.

Harris was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) where his father Mark was a member of the British South Africa Police until 1980. As a young child he moved with his family to South Africa and was brought up in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, South Africa. His father is a pastor in the Fish Hoek area.

Harris lives in Olympus, Pretoria with his wife Marilet.

Late Cricket While playing for Fish Hoek High School Harris was spotted by Western Province coach Duncan Fletcher who brought him into the provincial underage system. At Western Province Harris played alongside then-future England player Jonathan Trott.

Harris made his first-class cricket debut for Western Province B in 1998 in an UCB Bowl match against Eastern Province B in Port Elizabeth. It took over two years for Harris to play another first-class match. Due to intense competition for spinning roles, with Paul Adams and Claude Henderson being preferred over Harris, he only played two matches for Western Province, in March 2001 and February 2002.

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