Steve Harmison England (Eng)
Batting style	Right hand bat
Bowling type	Right arm fast
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	54	46
Runs scored	632	67
Batting average	11.49	7.44
100s/50s	-/-	-/-
Top score	42	13*
Balls bowled	11788	2443
Wickets	205	67
Bowling average	30.82	30.70
5 wickets in innings	8	1
10 wickets in match	1	n/a
Best bowling	7/12	5/33
Catches/stumpings	7/-	8/-
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Stephen James Harmison MBE (born 23 October 1978, Ashington, Northumberland) is an England cricketer, and a leading Test match fast bowler. He plays county cricket for Durham. With his height (6'5") he can extract pace and bounce from most pitches. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Statistics Population: 28,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: NZ2787 Administration District: Wansbeck Shire county: Northumberland Region: North East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Northumberland Historic county: Northumberland Services Police force: Northumbria Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North East Post office and telephone Post... Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... A Test match in progress. ... Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. ... In the UK, County cricket is the domestic form of the sport of cricket that is considered to be first-class cricket. ... Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. ... PACE may refer to: Planetary Association for Clean Energy Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, in the United Kingdom Academy for Gifted Children in Richmond Hill, Ontario, the acronym PACE stands for Programming for Academic and Creative Excellence Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence... The term Bounce has several meanings: Look up bounce in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Cricket pitch (not to scale) A wicket consists of three stumps that are placed into the ground, and topped with two bails. ...

International Career

Harmison was first selected for an England squad in May 2000 during the tour to England by Zimbabwe, but was not played. As part of an ECB National Academy touring team that also contained Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell and Robert Key, Harmison showed clear signs of his ability in the tour of Australia in 2001/2002. In August of 2002, Harmison made his Test match debut at Trent Bridge against India, replacing the injured Simon Jones. The England and Wales Cricket Board National Academy first came into existence in the winter of 2001-2002 and has been based at Loughborough University since 2003. ... Andrew John Strauss MBE, (born 2 March 1977 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and Test matches and One-Day Internationals for England. ... Ian Ronald Bell MBE (born 11 April 1982 in Coventry, West Midlands) is an England Test cricketer. ... Robert William Trevor Key (born East Dulwich, London on 12 May 1979) is an English cricketer who plays for the England cricket team and Kent County Cricket Club. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Simon Philip Jones MBE (born 25 December 1978 in Swansea, Glamorgan) is a Welsh cricketer who plays for Glamorgan County Cricket Club and England. ...

Originally lacking somewhat in control, he bowled seven consecutive wides in the first match of the tour of Australia, against the ACB Chairman's XI's at Lilac Hill in 2002. However, promising performances later in the tour saw him named in the World Cup squad, although he wasn't used in any of the matches. He was then awarded with a six month central contract by the ECB, but this was not renewed in September 2003. In the sport of cricket, an extra is a run scored by a means other than a batsman hitting the ball. ... Lilac Hill is a picturesque cricket ground in Western Australia in the Perth suburb of Guildford, where the Swan River wraps itself around its southern and eastern sides. ... The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of mens One-Day International (ODI) cricket. ... The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. ...

Despite media complaints about his ability, he was named in the England squad for the winter tour to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, partially due to injuries to other players. Harmison gave a man-of-the-match performance in the opening Test against Bangladesh, taking 9 wickets for 79 on a slow wicket, before succumbing to a back injury and missing the matches against Sri Lanka. Despite the injury, he'd done enough to be selected for the winter tour to the West Indies, and it was there he sealed his arrival, taking 7 wickets at the cost of just 12 runs as the West Indies collapsed to their lowest ever Test total of 47 all out. Harmison went on to win the Man of the Series award after taking 23 wickets in the four Tests. Learie Constantine, was one of the first great West Indian players. ...

Harmison bowls against Bangladesh in 2005

With the West Indies touring England in 2004, it was expected that Harmison, who had also shone in the three-match Test series against New Zealand earlier in 2004, would again be England's lead bowler, and the West Indies captain Brian Lara went as far as suggesting that England had no plan B after Harmison. However, Harmison was outshone by spin bowler Ashley Giles for the first three Tests, before he took 9 wickets in the final Test match. In that final match, he also punished the West Indies bowling with the bat, hitting three sixes and three fours in a brief innings ending at 34 not out. Harmison's bowling performance in this match took him to the top of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Cricket Ratings. In 2004, Harmison took 67 wickets in just 13 matches, at a superb average of 23.92. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1260x1199, 688 KB) Steve Harmison in action at the Oval for Englands One Day International side against Bangladesh on 16 June 2005 Image created by the author with Nikon D70 + 70-300mm Nikkor G lens File links The following pages... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1260x1199, 688 KB) Steve Harmison in action at the Oval for Englands One Day International side against Bangladesh on 16 June 2005 Image created by the author with Nikon D70 + 70-300mm Nikkor G lens File links The following pages... Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969) (nicknamed, The Prince of Port-of-Spain or simply The Prince) was a record-breaking cricketer, the greatest batsmen of his generation, and one of the greatest cricketers ever. ... Spin bowling, sometimes known as slow bowling, is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. ... Ashley Fraser Giles MBE (born in Chertsey, Surrey, on 19 March 1973) is an English cricketer who plays Test cricket for England and county cricket for Warwickshire. ... The LG ICC cricket ratings are a widely followed system of rankings for international cricketers based on their recent performances. ...

Harmison disappointed with the ball on the 2004/05 England tour of South Africa, taking just 9 wickets in the Test series at the extremely high average of 73.22. During this series, he spoke frankly about his homesickness on foreign tours. However, his solid performances with the bat, including an innings high score of 42 in the 3rd Test, led some commentators to note, not altogether jokingly, that he was now making a case to be considered a tail all-rounder. Despite these disappointments, he was still named as one of five cricketers of the year by Wisden Cricketer's Almanack in 2005. Wisden Cricketers Almanack is by far the best known reference book concerned with the sport of cricket and probably the most famous reference book about any sport published in the United Kingdom. ...

In summer 2005 Harmison was part of the England team that regained The Ashes from Australia. He started the series well, with a hostile opening spell in the 1st Test, and although later outshone by Flintoff and Jones, exerted pressure and claimed important wickets throughout. His most important and dazzling wicket some might say was the slower-ball yorker with which he bowled Michael Clarke. As the commentator Mark Nicholas said, 'Stephen Harmison, with a slower ball, one of the great balls. Given the batsmen, given the match, that is a staggering gamble that has paid off...' Harmison also took the final wicket of Michael Kasprowicz the next day, caught behind by Geraint Jones, to turn around an almost certain 2-0 series deficit into a tied series and with it the momentum of the series. ... ... Andrew Freddie Flintoff MBE (born 6 December 1977 Preston, Lancashire) is a first class cricketer who plays for Lancashire and England. ... Simon Philip Jones MBE (born 25 December 1978 in Swansea, Glamorgan) is a Welsh cricketer who plays for Glamorgan County Cricket Club and England. ... Michael John Clarke (born 2 April 1981 in Liverpool, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. ... Michael Scott Kasprowicz (born 10 February 1972 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer. ...

In July 2006, during the series against Pakistan, Harmison took 6-19 off just 13 overs in the first innings as Pakistan were skittled for just 119. In the second he again shared the 10 wickets with Monty Panesar, taking 5-57. He thus took his first 10 wicket haul in a match, taking 11-76. This came in his 45th Test match, and was the best match bowling figures at Old Trafford since Jim Laker's famous 19-90, exactly 50 years previously. Mudhsuden Singh Panesar (born 25 April 1982 in Luton, Bedfordshire), popularly known as Monty Panesar, is an English cricketer. ... James Charles (Jim) Laker (February 9, 1922, Frizinghall, near Bradford, Yorkshire–April 23, 1986, Putney, London) was a cricketer who played for England in the 1950s. ...

During the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy Harmison's form came under scrutiny, and he was dropped from England's final match against the West Indies. The 2006 ICC Champions Trophy is a One-day International cricket tournament held in India from 7 October to 5 November 2006. ...

In November 2006, Harmison bowled the first ball of the eagerly awaited 2006-07 Ashes series at The Gabba in Brisbane, but humiliatingly erred by bowling a wide straight to Andrew Flintoff at second slip. His lacklustre opening spell seemed to set the tone for what proved to be a dismal first day of the series for England and for Harmison in particular. After another below par performance in Adelaide he would find some form in Perth with 4/48 in the 1st innings. Teams Australia England Captains Ricky Ponting Andrew Flintoff Most Runs Ricky Ponting (576) Michael Hussey (458) Matthew Hayden (413) Kevin Pietersen (490) Paul Collingwood (433) Ian Bell (331) Most Wickets Stuart Clark (26) Shane Warne (23) Glenn McGrath (21) Matthew Hoggard (13) Andrew Flintoff (11) Monty Panesar (10) The 2006... The Brisbane Cricket Ground, also known as The Gabba, is a sporting ground in Brisbane, Australia, situated about one kilometre from the city centre. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, as well as the third largest city in Australia, with a greater metropolitan population of 1. ...

On 21 December 2006, three months before the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Harmison announced his retirement from One-Day International cricket after being left out of the squad for the one-day series in Australia. December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was a mens cricket tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sports one-day international format. ... One-day International (ODI) is a form of cricket, which is played over 50 overs per side between two national cricket teams. ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ...

As of July 2007, Harmison is the tenth highest English wicket taker in Test cricket with 205 wickets. However, if those taken for the ICC World XI are excluded, he is in 11th place on the all-time list with 201. Darren Gough of England, who competed for the World XI in the ODI played for the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal This is a list of One-day international cricketers for the ICC World XI. A One-day international, or ODI, is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each...

Personal life

Stephen Harmison is married to Hayley and they have three daughters, Emily Alice, Abbie Meg and Isabel Grace. His younger brother Ben currently plays first class cricket for Durham County Cricket Club. Ben William Harmison (born January 9, 1986, Ashington, Northumberland) is an English cricketer who plays First Class cricket for Durham. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. ...

In the 2006 New Year Honours List, Stephen Harmison was awarded the MBE for his role in the successful 2005 Ashes squad. The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals personal bravery, achievement or service to the United Kingdom. ...

Notes

External links

• Player Profile: Steve Harmison from Cricinfo

	England squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup
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