Ben Harmison

Ben Harmison

Personal information
Full name	Ben William Harmison
Born	9 January 1986 (1986-01-09) 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
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	34	41	30
Runs scored	1263	781	117
Batting average	24.76	22.97	11.70
100s/50s	3/5	0/3	0/0
Top score	110	67	24
Balls bowled	1245	751	348
Wickets	23	23	23
Bowling average	39.78	31.00	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	23/–	15/–	9/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 July 2010

Ben William Harmison (born 9 January 1986, Ashington, Northumberland) 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 the 19th 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.

Career Best Performances

as of 25 July 2010

	Batting				Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
FC	110	Durham v Oxford UCCE	Oxford	2006	4-27	Durham v Surrey	Guildford	2008
LA	67	Durham v Nottinghamshire	Riverside	2009	3-43	Durham v Scotland	Riverside	2008
T20	24	Durham v Lancashire	Old Trafford	2010	3-20	Durham v Yorkshire	Riverside	2009

External links

• Player profile: Ben Harmison from ESPNcricinfo