Simon Harmer

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Simon Harmer

Personal information
Full name	Simon Ross Harmer
Born	10 February 1989 (age 27) Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut(cap 321)	2 January 2015 v West Indies
Last Test	14 November 2015 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011–present	Warriors
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 5 68 47 40 Runs scored 58 2,243 615 426 Batting average 11.6 27.35 19.21 26.62 100s/50s 0/0 1/14 0/0 0/0 Top score 13 100* 43* 43 Balls bowled 1,148 16,464 2,164 800 Wickets 20 253 47 24 Bowling average 29.40 34.24 38.19 38.58 5 wickets in innings 0 11 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 1 n/a n/a Best bowling 4/61 8/72 4/42 3/28 Catches/stumpings 1/– 64/– 30/– 14/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 December 2015

Simon Ross Harmer (born 10 February 1989) is a South African cricket player, an allrounder, a right handed middle order batsman and an off-break bowler for the first-class Warriors, as well as the South African A side, South African Universities (Captain), and finally making his Test debut for the Proteas at the New Years Test at Newlands, against the West Indies.

Harmer debuted for Warriors in the 2010-2011 first class season against the Cape Cobras claiming 5-98 in the first innings and 1-53 in the second innings to go along with his 46 and 69* runs with the bat.^[1] He became a regular fixture in Warriors side in the 2011-2012 side, ending the season as leading wicket taker in his full rookie season, claiming 44 wickets.^[2]

These performances earned him a call up for the 3rd Test against West Indies in 2014/15,^[3] where he made his Test matchdebut for South Africa against the West Indies on 2 January 2015 at Newlands, Cape Town.^[4] He took his debut Test wicket by bowling Devon Smith in the last over before the lunchbreak on day one^[4] and ended the innings with figures of 26-5-71-3.^[5]

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