Paul Harris Profile by CricketArchive

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Player:

PL Harris

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DateLine: 2nd December 2008

 

Slow left-armer Paul Harris is the latest man to be tasked with curing South African cricket's chief ailment - their continued failure to develop match-winning spinners at international level.Tall and not unlike the former England star Phil Tufnell in appearance and style, Harris eventually made it into the South African squad for the Boxing Day Test against India at Cape Town in 2006. He took four wickets in the first innings - including one Sachin Tendulkar - and will perhaps be remembered most for his nagging, over-the-wicket line that decidedly put the Indian batsmen in a shell, and helped South Africa wrestle back the initiative and win the test and the series 2-1. He showed great promise in 2007, picking up 12 wickets at 20.66 against Pakistan in October to help South Africa win the series 1-0 in Pakistan, and giving South Africa hope in the left-arm spin department.