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Stephen Harmison

Full name: Stephen James Harmison

Born: 23rd October 1978, Ashington, Northumberland, England

Batting: Right-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm fast

Relations: Brother: J Harmison; Brother: BW Harmison

Teams: England (Test: 2002-2008/09); ICC World XI (Test: 2005/06); England (ODI: 2002/03-2008/09); England (Int Twenty20: 2005-2006); Durham (Main FC: 1996-2009); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 2007); Lions (Main FC: 2007/08); Durham (Main ListA: 1998-2009); Durham (Main Twenty20: 2004-2009); All teams

Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 2005

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Articles: They won't pick me: Harmison

Hughes will bounce back: Harmison

Hussey ton boosts Australians

No Vaughan, Harmison for pre-Ashes camp

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Pictures: Steve Harmison celebrates the wicket of Hashim Amla

England's Steve Harmison celebrates the wicket of Charmara Silva

Harmison celebrates after taking six wickets

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A couple of years ago Dennis Lillee described Steve Harmison as the future. And it can be stated quite categorically that the tall, gangling England spearhead has lived up to the early promise most gloriously. A very tall fast bowler can be a pretty intimidating prospect and Harmison has made use of his great height “ not to mention all the other qualities that go with top class fast bowling “ admirably to be a threat to the best of batsmen. Ask the West Indians who came up against Harmison at his best at Sabina Park early in 2004. In an awesome performance Harmison in 12 unchanged overs took seven for 12“ the most economical seven-wicket analysis in Test history “ to shoot out the hosts for 47 and bowl England to a ten-wicket victory. Skipper Michael Vaughan hailed it as one of the greatest spells of bowling by an England player. Harmison made steady improvement since making his Test debut against India in 2002 but over the last couple of years his place as Englands premier fast bowler has never been in doubt. Indeed, Harmison has gone from strength to strength drawing fitting comparisons to the great Curtly Ambrose. His speed, bounce and a painful capacity for jamming fingers against bat handles have made him one of the feared fast bowlers around. Not unexpectedly he played a notable part in the Ashes triumph in 2005 and an eleven-wicket haul against Pakistan at Old Trafford the following year proved that he was as unrelenting as ever.
Profile DateLine: 20th February 2007 by CricketArchive

Test Career Batting and Fielding (2002-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
England	60	81	21	711	49*	11.85	0	0	57.15	7
ICC World XI	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	0	0	11.11	0
Overall	61	83	21	712	49*	11.48	0	0	56.82	7

Test Career Bowling (2002-2008/09)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
England	12934	416	6924	217	7-12	31.90	8	1	59.60	3.21
ICC World XI	183	5	101	4	3-41	25.25	0	0	45.75	3.31
Overall	13117	421	7025	221	7-12	31.78	8	1	59.35	3.21

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1996-2009)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	180	240	66	1743	49*	10.01	0	0	26

First-Class Career Bowling (1996-2009)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	35020	1243	18283	653	7-12	27.99	24	1	53.62	3.13

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2002/03-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
England	58	25	14	91	18*	8.27	0	0	64.53	10

One-Day International Career Bowling (2002/03-2008/09)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
England	2899	29	2481	76	5-33	32.64	2	1	38.14	5.13

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1998-2009)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	140	66	34	259	25*	8.09	0	0	22

One-Day Career Bowling (1998-2009)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	6760	61	5595	182	5-33	30.74	6	1	37.14	4.96

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2005-2006)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
England	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	1

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2005-2006)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
England	39	0	42	1	1-13	42.00	0	0	39.00	6.46

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2004-2009)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	16	4	0	11	6	2.75	0	0	91.66	3

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2004-2009)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	307	1	385	15	4-38	25.66	1	0	20.46	7.52

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1998)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
England Under-19s	3	1	1	18	18*		0	0	94.73	0

Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (1998)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
England Under-19s	96	0	98	0	0-15					6.12