Ben Harmison

Ben Harmison

Personal information
Full name	Ben William Harmison
Born	(1986-01-09) 9 January 1986 Ashington, Northumberland, England
Nickname	Harmy
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Batting all-rounder
Relations	S.J. Harmison (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005-11	Durham
2011-	Kent (squad no. 21)
First-class debut	31 May 2006 Durham v Oxford UCCE
List A debut	7 August 2005 Durham v Bangladesh A
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 62 61 38 Runs scored 2,525 1,049 177 Batting average 28.37 24.39 12.64 100s/50s 5/12 0/3 0/0 Top score 110 67 24 Balls bowled 1,893 865 348 Wickets 34 24 23 Bowling average 40.32 35.62 20.47 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a Best bowling 4/27 3/43 3/20 Catches/stumpings 34/– 21/– 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 October 2013

Ben William Harmison (born 9 January 1986]) is an English cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Kent. The former England Under-19 left-handed batsman scored a century on his first-class debut in 2006. He finished the season with 563 runs at an average of 37.53 with 2 hundreds, though both hundreds came in games outside the County Championship. He hit his maiden Championship century, 101 against Warwickshire in 2007.

He came on as a fielding replacement for his elder brother, during the third test match against the West Indies in 2007.

On 19 December 2011, Harmison signed for Kent after being released by Durham in September.

He is the younger brother of former England fast bowler Steve Harmison.

External links

• Player profile: Ben Harmison from ESPNcricinfo