Monday, 18 April 2011

Harris ready to kick on after Lions tour

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JAMES Harris returned to county action today determined to build on his successful winter in the Caribbean.
Glamorgan welcomed back the 20-year-old all- rounder for their LV= County Championship match against Gloucestershire, which started at Cardiff's Swalec Stadium this morning.
Following the disappointing opening defeat to Leicestershire at Grace Road — Harris was rested for that 89-run loss — the return of one of county cricket's most exciting young prospects will be a welcome fillip for the new regime of skipper Alviro Petersen and coach Matthew Mott.
Harris's 63 first-class wickets last season played a major part in pushing Glamorgan to the cusp of promotion to the top tier of the four-day game — a quest cruelly ended on the final day of the season.
Having represented England's second string, the Lions, during the summer, he was then surprisingly omitted for the tour of Australia which shadowed the Ashes-winning senior side Down Under.
However, that disappointment was tempered when Harris found himself selected for the seven-match trip to the West Indies.
On typically flat Caribbean tracks the Pontarddulais seamer found wickets hard to come by, taking 14 in all.
But the fact he was a regular pick on the tour was testament to some impressive performances with the new ball, while a couple of half centuries with the bat did his case for genuine all-rounder status no harm at all.
"I got a few runs in the West Indies, which was nice, but I'd have liked to take a few more wickets," admitted Harris.

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  1. But the fact he was a regular pick on the tour was testament to some impressive performances with the new ball, while a couple of half centuries with the bat did his case for genuine all-rounder status no harm at all.

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