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Pasty Harris
Personal information
Full name
Michael John Harris
Born25 May 1944 (1944-05-25) (age 80)
St Just in Roseland, Cornwall
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLegbreak
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1964–1968Middlesex
1969–1982Nottinghamshire
1971/72Eastern Province
1975/76Wellington
Umpiring information
WODIs umpired3 (2000–2006)
FC umpired161 (1988–2008)
LA umpired171 (1985–2008)
T20 umpired33 (2003–2008)
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 344 225
Runs scored 19,196 4,882
Batting average 36.70 29.95
100s/50s 41/98 3/26
Top score 201* 104*
Balls bowled 6,345 94
Wickets 79 4
Bowling average 43.78 21.75
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/16 2/24
Catches/stumpings 288/14 139/6
Source: CricInfo, 18 May 2017

Michael John "Pasty" Harris (born 25 May 1944) is a former English first-class cricketer who played for various teams. He played from 1964 until 1982 in a 344-game First class career which took him to South Africa and New Zealand.[1][2]

Early life

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Harris was born in St Just in Roseland, Cornwall, in 1944.[2] His nickname of "Pasty" referred to his Cornish origins.

Playing career

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In England he represented Nottinghamshire, for whom he scored over 15,000 runs, and Middlesex County Cricket Club, playing as a right-handed batsman and, from 1969 until around 1972, as a useful leg spin bowler. From 1974 to 1977, Nottinghamshire used him as their wicketkeeper, as David Pullan, the incumbent, was a poor batsman. Harris hit nine centuries, equalling the county record, in 1971 when he scored 2238 runs.[3][4]

In 1974, Harris was selected to tour Rhodesia with the International Wanderers, a private touring team organised by Brian Close.[5]

A prolific batsman in county cricket, he was selected on standby for the 1974–75 Ashes tour but Colin Cowdrey was called into the squad in his place.

Umpiring career

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Harris later became an umpire, officiating at List A level from 1985 to 2008 and at First class level from 1988 to 2008.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Mike Harris". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Pasty Harris". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Mike Harris". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  4. ^ Smallcombe, Mike (10 June 2018). "Cornwall's 50 greatest living sports men and women". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  5. ^ "List A Matches played by Mike Harris". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Mike Harris as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Mike Harris as Umpire in List A Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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