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Simon Harmer

Cricket player · Bowler · South Africa

Simon Harmer

Simon Harmer appears in 43 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (12 Oct 2025 to 27 Oct 2026). 949 runs in 45 innings. 102 wickets from 849.1 overs. 297 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.

Player profile

Country
South Africa
Role
Bowler
Batting
Right-hand bat
Bowling
Right-arm off-break
Born
10 Feb 1989 Age 37
Recorded matches
29719 internationals

Simon Harmer is a bowler from South Africa with 297 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 19 internationals (13 Tests, 6 ODIs).

Batting: 4,650 runs across all recorded formats, with 0 hundreds and 21 fifties; the most runs came in First-class cricket (2,743) and the highest recorded score is 83.

Bowling: 669 wickets in recorded matches, 407 of them in First-class cricket, with 33 five-wicket hauls.

Career figures by format

Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.

Simon Harmer: batting and bowling figures by format in FairPlay's recorded data
FormatMatInnsRunsHSAvgSR100/50WktsBowl avgEcon5w
Test13213338222.2040.90/16721.852.723
ODI66932818.6097.90/0459.255.780
T20 (league and domestic)158959505615.32132.50/215225.657.720
First-class961382,7438323.8545.50/1540724.802.7029
List A24225316833.19114.70/33922.904.081

Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.

Simon Harmer at a glance

FairPlay holds 43 complete scorecards featuring Simon Harmer, most recently for Essex (T20 and shorter, one-day, first-class).

In those matches Simon Harmer batted 45 times for 949 runs at a strike rate of 61.62. The highest score was 82 off 157 balls against Australia.

With the ball: 102 wickets from 849.1 overs, an economy rate of 3.18. Best figures: 6 for 16 against Australia.

How the 31 dismissals happened: bowled 11, caught 11, LBW 8, stumped 1.

These matches were played at 22 different grounds.

Figures in FairPlay's scorecards

Batting
45149498230.6161.624/0
Bowling
57849.11552,6991026/163.18

Match by match

Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.

DateMatch
27 Oct 2026South Africa v AustraliaBat 0* (7) & 1 (3) · Bowl 4/104 (37) & 6/16 (21.1)
18 Oct 2026South Africa v AustraliaBat 82 (157) · Bowl 0/9 (5.3) & 2/93 (39)
9 Oct 2026South Africa v AustraliaBat 35* (75) & 0 (3) · Bowl 1/68 (28.2) & 1/121 (25)
24 Sept 2026Glamorgan v EssexBat 35 (51) & 0* (1) · Bowl 1/117 (42)
2 Sept 2026Essex v SussexBat 2 (4) & 16 (50) · Bowl 0/34 (16) & 4/96 (18)
27 Aug 2026Essex v SurreyBat 8 (27) · Bowl 0/8 (2) & 3/92 (38)
20 Aug 2026Somerset v EssexBat 4 (6) & 24 (68) · Bowl 0/124 (31) & 2/39 (9.2)
11 Aug 2026Essex v YorkshireBat 2 (8) · Bowl 1/26 (7.4)
9 Aug 2026Durham v EssexBat 32 (35) · Bowl 1/26 (7)
7 Aug 2026Glamorgan v EssexBat 20 (22) · Bowl 0/27 (6)
2 Aug 2026Essex v WorcestershireBat 11 (12) · Bowl 3/60 (9.3)
31 Jul 2026Essex v HampshireBat 22 (24) · Bowl 1/50 (10)
15 Jul 2026Hampshire v EssexBat 7 (7) · Bowl 1/31 (4)
12 Jul 2026Surrey v EssexBat – · Bowl 1/23 (4)
10 Jul 2026Essex v HampshireBat – · Bowl 1/1 (1)
5 Jul 2026Essex v MiddlesexBat 56* (28) · Bowl 2/15 (4)
3 Jul 2026Sussex v EssexBat 46* (17) · Bowl 2/17 (4)
1 Jul 2026Essex v SurreyBat 15 (10) · Bowl 0/36 (4)
26 Jun 2026Northamptonshire v EssexBat 12 (15) · Bowl 2/39 (4)
19 Jun 2026Essex v NottinghamshireBat 1 (5) & 27 (56) · Bowl 5/165 (45)
12 Jun 2026Leicestershire v EssexBat 36 (67) · Bowl 3/42 (18) & 3/124 (51)
9 Jun 2026Essex v KentBat 6* (3) · Bowl 0/28 (2)
7 Jun 2026Middlesex v EssexBat – · Bowl 0/13 (2)
31 May 2026Essex v DerbyshireBat 4* (1) · Bowl 2/25 (4)
29 May 2026Kent v EssexBat – · Bowl 0/14 (4)
26 May 2026Hampshire v EssexBat 36* (18) · Bowl 1/23 (3)
22 May 2026Essex v SussexBat 10* (7) · Bowl 1/25 (3)
15 May 2026Essex v LeicestershireBat 35 (86) · Bowl 0/31 (8)
8 May 2026Essex v HampshireBat 80* (118) · Bowl 1/40 (15) & 4/66 (31)
24 Apr 2026Surrey v EssexBat 41 (75) · Bowl 3/69 (25.3)
17 Apr 2026Warwickshire v EssexBat 48 (91) & 32 (57) · Bowl 0/2 (1) & 1/65 (18)
10 Apr 2026Essex v SomersetBat 0 (2) & 20 (45) · Bowl 1/60 (16) & 0/25 (2.4)
3 Apr 2026Hampshire v EssexBat 71* (145) · Bowl 1/22 (8) & 3/49 (25)
17 Jan 2026Durban's Super Giants v Paarl RoyalsBat – · Bowl 1/13 (4)
13 Jan 2026Paarl Royals v Durban's Super GiantsBat – · Bowl 0/38 (4)
1 Jan 2026Joburg Super Kings v Durban's Super GiantsBat 6* (6) · Bowl 1/22 (4)
30 Dec 2025Durban's Super Giants v Joburg Super KingsBat 14 (14) · Bowl 1/14 (4)
28 Dec 2025Durban's Super Giants v MI Cape TownBat – · Bowl –
26 Dec 2025MI Cape Town v Durban's Super GiantsBat – · Bowl 1/23 (2)
22 Nov 2025India v South AfricaBat 5 (17) · Bowl 3/64 (27) & 6/37 (23)
14 Nov 2025India v South AfricaBat 5 (5) & 7 (20) · Bowl 4/30 (15.2) & 4/21 (14)
20 Oct 2025Pakistan v South AfricaBat 2 (7) · Bowl 2/75 (25) & 6/50 (20)
12 Oct 2025Pakistan v South AfricaBat 19* (36) & 14* (29) · Bowl 1/101 (33) & 4/51 (14.1)

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