Yorkshire new overseas player

Press release:

RYAN HARRIS SIGNS AS YORKSHIRE’S OVERSEAS PLAYER FOR 2010

The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is delighted to announce that its overseas player for the 2010 season will be 30-year-old Australian paceman Ryan Harris.

Harris is a bowling all-rounder who bowls with genuine pace and scores valuable runs down the order. Playing for Queensland last winter he was their leading wicket-taker, finishing one wicket behind the leading wicket-taker in the Sheffield Shield, James Hopes, after suffering a broken foot towards the end of the Australian summer. He finished with 33 Shield wickets at 26.48. Harris made his solitary One-Day International appearance for Australia in January 2009 when he appeared to have secured his place on the Test tour of South Africa before the foot injury ruined his chances.

Shortly after being selected in Australia’s Twenty20 squad in early 2009, Harris was a part of the Deccan Chargers squad that won the Indian Premier League in 2009. He was signed by the Deccan Chargers as an ‘uncapped player’ at the request of their Head Coach, Darren Lehmann. As a result he did not have to go through the standard IPL auction process.

Born in New South Wales, Harris made his first class debut in 2001-02 and graduated from the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy in 2002. He played for the Southern Redbacks (South Australia) from 2001/02 to 2007/08 and was named in the ACA Johnnie Walker 2007-08 Pura Cup Team of the Year and repeated the feat as 12th man in the 2008-09 all-star side. He moved to play for the Queensland Bulls in 2008.

Harris is a strong player in all forms of the game and comes to Yorkshire as a direct replacement for Rana Naved-ul-Hasan after being highly recommended by Darren Lehmann (former YCCC player) and Troy Cooley (former England and current Australian bowling coach).

 

Hoggy must be chuffed

be off playing for australia most of the summer.... probably !!

 

RE: Hoggy must be chuffed

Haha, don't think he will be there's a lot of bowlers ahead of him despite his recent squad inclusion and he's 30 so I would think he'd be a backward step...?

 

Wow, 30 year old Aussie no-mark

Why don't we ever get a top class overseas player, like a proper test-playing one?

 

Because they're always touring somewhere during our summer

Which makes them bad choices for most counties.

 

RE: Because they're always touring somewhere during our summer

Chanderpaul, Kaneira, Hamla, Gibbs, Franklin, North, Tahir, Parnell, Prince, Laxman, Hughes, Kartik, Sree Santh all played as Overseas Players in County Championship this year.

 

And how many of them played the full season? nt

 

RE: And how many of them played the full season? nt

Yeh, agreed they don't play all the games but much rather have some match winners for half the season than somebody no better than what we've got already.

Also, would put some bums on seats.

 

how u know this ryan harris is no better than wot we have

 

Like Sachin Tendulkar or Richie Richardson?

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Because .......... http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5779.html

 

because wot border id hardly call shazdad dalby hannon wainwright pyrah great would u

 

Dunno how he can be called an all rounder with those poor batting figures.

 

He has scored pretty well over the last 18-24 months

So just because he career stats don't show that he is, his last few years tell a different story.</p>

In his last 1st class match for Surrey he scored 90 odd at a run a ball.</p>

 

Wainwright & Shazhad are in the England Development Squad along with Sayers, Gale, Bairstow and Lyth. So thats over half a team expected to play for England if they continue to develop. Rashid & Bresnan are already in England squad. Rudolph is quality, Rafiq is very promising, McGrath solid enough as captain. Pyrah's a decent one day player.

Don't know about Dalby, Hannon never heard of them.

My point was we should be able to do better than some journeyman overseas player averaging mid 30's with the ball and mid-teens with the bat. All-rounder my arse.

 

Hannon-Dalby plays for Barnsley Cricket Club!!! nt

 

nother season of mediocrity looms nt

 

What would you say an acceptable return would be for an O/S all rounder?

say total runs / wickets and batting / bowling averages?

 

Don't know about Dalby, Hannon never heard of them !!!

That statement just about sums up your knowledge of cricket, which is ....... F**K ALL! (clown)</p>

 

Eh, care to explain?

I've no idea what your talking about?