Full name Simon Ross Harmer
Born February 10, 1989, Pretoria, Transvaal
Current age 31 years 350 days
Major teams South Africa, Border, Eastern Province, Essex, South Africa A, South African Universities, Warriors
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 5 | 6 | 1 | 58 | 13 | 11.60 | 174 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 151 | 227 | 44 | 4403 | 102* | 24.06 | 8939 | 49.25 | 2 | 22 | 517 | 41 | 150 | 0 |
List A | 83 | 70 | 21 | 1002 | 44* | 20.44 | 1024 | 97.85 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 23 | 55 | 0 |
T20s | 107 | 61 | 21 | 739 | 43 | 18.47 | 573 | 128.97 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 26 | 54 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 5 | 8 | 1148 | 588 | 20 | 4/61 | 7/153 | 29.40 | 3.07 | 57.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 151 | 264 | 36145 | 17508 | 646 | 9/95 | 14/128 | 27.10 | 2.90 | 55.9 | 28 | 37 | 7 |
List A | 83 | 80 | 3858 | 3299 | 78 | 4/42 | 4/42 | 42.29 | 5.13 | 49.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
T20s | 107 | 100 | 1969 | 2503 | 82 | 4/19 | 4/19 | 30.52 | 7.62 | 24.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, Jan 2-6, 2015 scorecard |
Last Test | India v South Africa at Nagpur, Nov 25-27, 2015 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
First-class debut | Eastern Province v Griqualand West at Port Elizabeth, Nov 5-7, 2009 scorecard |
Last First-class | Somerset v Essex at Lord's, Sep 23-27, 2020 scorecard |
List A debut | Eastern Province v Easterns at Port Elizabeth, Feb 6, 2010 scorecard |
Last List A | Essex v Gloucestershire at Chelmsford, May 7, 2019 scorecard |
T20s debut | Eastern Province v Western Province at Port Elizabeth, Nov 6, 2011 scorecard |
Last T20s | Essex v Sussex at Chelmsford, Sep 20, 2020 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2/36, 0, 2/101, 0* | Essex | v Somerset | Lord's | 23 Sep 2020 | FC |
12, 1/18 | Essex | v Sussex | Chelmsford | 20 Sep 2020 | T20 |
10, 1/29 | Essex | v Kent | Canterbury | 18 Sep 2020 | T20 |
1/26 | Essex | v Hampshire | Southampton | 16 Sep 2020 | T20 |
21*, 1/43 | Essex | v Sussex | Hove | 14 Sep 2020 | T20 |
0, 0/29 | Essex | v Surrey | Chelmsford | 11 Sep 2020 | T20 |
3/34, 32, 3/54 | Essex | v Middlesex | Chelmsford | 6 Sep 2020 | FC |
2/21, 7 | Essex | v Kent | The Oval | 5 Sep 2020 | T20 |
2/23, 23 | Essex | v Middlesex | Lord's | 3 Sep 2020 | T20 |
1/28 | Essex | v Hampshire | Chelmsford | 1 Sep 2020 | T20 |
At 27, Simon Harmer decided that his future in international cricket was blocked in South Africa and opted to change direction. He decided to sign a Kolpak deal with Essex, aware of the bad grace it would attract in his home country but aware, too, that he was not even being selected in the South Africa A side and that domestic cricket only had limited value.