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Ryan Harris (cricketer)

Ryan Harris
Ryan Harris 2014.jpg
Harris in 2014
Personal information
Full name Ryan James Harris
Born (1979-10-11) 11 October 1979 (age 37)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname Rhino, Ryano
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 413) 19 March 2010 v New Zealand
Last Test 6 January 2015 v India
ODI debut (cap 169) 18 January 2009 v South Africa
Last ODI 24 February 2012 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 45
Domestic team information
Years Team
2001/02–2007/08 South Australia (squad no. 24)
2008/09–14 Queensland (squad no. 45)
2008 Sussex
2009–2010 Deccan Chargers (squad no. 7)
2009 Surrey
2011–13 Kings XI Punjab (squad no. 45)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 27 21 81 85
Runs scored 603 48 2,047 411
Batting average 21.53 8.00 20.26 12.84
100s/50s 0/3 0/0 0/11 0/0
Top score 74 21 94 39
Balls bowled 5,736 1,031 16,207 4,135
Wickets 113 44 299 123
Bowling average 23.52 18.90 26.53 27.59
5 wickets in innings 5 3 10 4
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 7/117 5/19 7/60 5/19
Catches/stumpings 13/– 6/– 40/– 33/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 January 2015

Ryan James Harris (born 11 October 1979) is a former Australian cricketer. He was a right-arm fast bowler who was a member of the Australia national cricket team until retiring in the Ashes tour lead up of 2015 due to a knee injury. It had hampered him for a majority of his career, but despite this, he performed as one of Australia's most highly rated fast bowlers.

Ryan Harris played with the Southern Redbacks from 2001–02 to 2007–08. He was due to represent Sussex County Cricket Club in the 2008 English summer but the deal fell through when he moved to Queensland because it breached his Sussex contract. A week earlier dhad played a first-class match for Sussex against the Marylebone Cricket Club. In June, 2009 he was signed by Surrey on a short-term contract, while in 2010 he played domestic cricket for Yorkshire.

Harris was a part of the Deccan Chargers squad that won the IPL in 2009 in South Africa. In late 2008, he was signed to an Indian Premier League contract with the Deccan Chargers, who are coached by his former Redbacks teammate Darren Lehmann. Having been selected for the Australian Twenty-20 team in early 2009, he was directly signed as an "uncapped" player by the Deccan Chargers, at the behest of Lehmann, without having to go through the standard IPL player auction process.

Harris made his international debut in a One Day International against South Africa in Hobart on 18 January 2009, during which he took the wicket of Neil McKenzie in a spell of 1/54. Nevertheless, he was not selected for another ODI for over a year. on 26 January 2010, Harris was called up into the Australian squad for the 3rd ODI against Pakistan at the Adelaide Oval as cover for Peter Siddle, who was ruled out due to a back injury. Although not required to bat, Harris opened the bowling with Doug Bollinger and took 5/43, including the wickets of Kamran Akmal and Shahid Afridi. He claimed man of the match honours and was picked for the 4th and 5th ODIs against Pakistan. In the next match in that series, Harris claimed 5/19, a second consecutive five wicket haul, behind only following Waqar Younis' three consecutive five-fors.


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