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Ben Zinzan Harris (born 20 February 1964) is a retired New Zealand cricketer from Christchurch, Canterbury, who played first-class cricket for Canterbury and Otago cricket teams between 1988 and 1995. A right-hand batsman and right-arm medium bowler, Harris played 35 first-class matches and 15 List-A games, scoring over 1,500 runs at 26.72, with three centuries, and taking six occasional wickets at 48.83. He took two more wickets in one day of cricket, however only managed one half-century in his 163 runs at 20.37. His father, Zin Harris, played Test cricket for New Zealand, as did his more successful brother, Chris Harris, who played 23 Tests and 250 One Day Internationals for his country. Following cricket, Harris began a radio broadcasting career for 23 years at More FM. He now works as an auctioneer for Baileys Real Estate in Christchurch. [1][2]

Ben Harris

Personal information
Full name	Ben Zinzan Harris
Born	(1964-02-20) 20 February 1964 (age 58) Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
Relations	Zin Harris (father) Chris Harris (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1988/89	Canterbury
1989/90–1990/91	Otago
1991/92–1994/95	Canterbury
FC debut	29 January 1989 Canterbury v Pakistanis
Last FC	14 December 1995 Canterbury v Northern Districts
LA debut	31 December 1991 Canterbury v Northern Districts
Last LA	18 December 1994 Canterbury v Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 35 15 Runs scored 1,577 163 Batting average 22.72 20.37 100s/50s 3/5 0/1 Top score 141* 55* Balls bowled 536 138 Wickets 6 8 Bowling average 48.83 58.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 3/13 2/19 Catches/stumpings 28/– 2/–
Source: CricInfo, 8 May 2009

References

External links

• Ben Harris at ESPNcricinfo

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