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Marcus Harris

Australia|Opening Batter
Marcus Harris
INTL CAREER: 2018 - 2022
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Full Name

Marcus Sinclair Harris

Born

July 21, 1992, Perth

Age

30y 323d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Playing Role

Opening Batter

A diminutive opening batter, Marcus Harris burst on to the Australian domestic scene in 2010-11 when he scored 157 in his third first-class match, which made him, at 18, the youngest Australian to score a first-class 150. A semi-regular for Western Australia over the next few years, Harris was Player of the Match in the 2014-15 Sheffield Shield final when he scored 81 and 158 against Victoria in Hobart, but it was ultimately futile for WA as the match finished in a draw, which handed the title to Victoria. In 2016, Harris made the move from Western Australia to Victoria, having played 41 Sheffield Shield games for his home state, scoring more than 2000 runs at 28.43 with four centuries - a record that frustrated his then state coach Justin Langer who believed he was capable of much more.

The move sparked an outstanding run of form for Victoria and would bring the ultimate reward when, two years later, he was handed a Test call-up for the 2018-19 series against India following a prolific start to the domestic season, which included a career-best 250 against New South Wales. It reunited him with Langer, now the Australia Test coach, who said: "I've known him at Scarborough Cricket Club since he was about 10 years old. Did I say mediocre with flashes of brilliance? Yeah, I did, because that's what he was. That's the truth. What he's done to his great credit is, he's become a really consistent opening batsman with flashes of brilliance."

Harris responded encouragingly to Test match pressure scoring two half-centuries as Australia's most consistent player in a 2-1 loss against a world-class India attack. However, he missed out against Sri Lanka to leave his spot vulnerable to the impending return of David Warner and indeed lost his place at the start of the 2019 Ashes. He returned midway through the series but, like Warner, was picked apart by England's quicks.

That was his last appearance until early 2021 when he was recalled against India and held his place to start the following season's Ashes. However, despite top-scoring on a devilish MCG surface, he lost his place to accommodate Usman Khawaja's prolific comeback.
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Marcus Harris Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test142626077925.29132245.910373080
FC1482681710012250*39.881882353.192642130341790
List A686752268142*36.58259487.4331324132160
T20504919818520.43806121.710410627180

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test14------------
FC148584640---4.57-000
List A68------------
T2050------------
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Recent Matches of Marcus Harris

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Gloucs vs Durham52 & 122*--18-May-2023BristolFC
Gloucs vs Derbyshire7--11-May-2023DerbyFC
Gloucs vs Sussex37 & 5--27-Apr-2023BristolFC
Gloucs vs WORCS1 & 26--20-Apr-2023WorcesterFC
Gloucs vs Glamorgan59 & 1480/006-Apr-2023CardiffFC

Photos of Marcus Harris

Marcus Harris marked the resumption of the Sheffield Shield with a century
Marcus Harris latches onto a cut
Marcus Harris dominated Victoria's innings
Marcus Harris anchored the innings with a big hundred
Marcus Harris breaks his bat during his century for Gloucestershire
Marcus Harris pulls through the leg side