Mark Andrew Harrity (born 9 March 1974) is an Australian former cricketer.[1] He was born in Semaphore, a suburb of Adelaide.[2] He was a very fast bowler but saw his career repeatedly interrupted by injury.

Mark Harrity
Personal information
Born (1974-03-09) 9 March 1974 (age 50)
Semaphore, South Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1994–2003South Australia
2003–2004Worcestershire
First-class debut7 January 1994 South Australia v Western Australia
Last First-class25 May 2004 Worcestershire v Warwickshire
List A debut18 July 1995 Young Australia v Yorkshire
Last List A23 May 2004 Worcestershire v Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 84 53
Runs scored 254 30
Batting average 5.08 6.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 19 15
Balls bowled 15,418 2,593
Wickets 216 78
Bowling average 39.31 25.91
5 wickets in innings 2 1
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/65 5/42
Catches/stumpings 26/– 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 August 2019
Mark Harrity

Harrity made his first-class debut in the 1993–94 Sheffield Shield season, for South Australia against Western Australia at the Adelaide Oval, but went wicketless.[3][4] For his first victim he had to wait over two months until selected against Tasmania, when his single scalp was that of Shaun Young. It was the following season that he came good, taking 22 first-class wickets at 34.92, including a haul of 5–92 against Western Australia in February which would remain his best for seven years. He was also selected for the Australian Cricket Academy that season.

In 1995 Harrity toured England with Young Australia, playing five first-class matches as well as his first three List A games. For some seasons thereafter he played only for his state in Australia, always coming up with around 20 first-class wickets a season but never managing a really spectacular return, partly on account of his aforementioned injury problems. In 1997–98 he recorded his best List A bowling figures, 5–42 against Victoria, while 2001–02 saw his career-best first-class figures, 5–62 against Tasmania.

In 2003 Harrity returned to England to play county cricket for Worcestershire, using a British passport.[5][6] A minor but unwanted feat was to score no runs at all in five Twenty20 games for the county: two ducks, one 0* and two did-not-bats. In List A cricket he took 12 wickets at 23.58, but he did not have a successful first-class season, taking only 11 wickets in more than 166 overs at an average of only barely below 50.

He was retained by Worcestershire for 2004, but reprimanded by the ECB for an incident in a second XI match in June and played his final matches during the season.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Wasim brings his soul to county party". The Independent. London. 20 April 2003.
  2. ^ "Mark Harrity". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Mark Harrity". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Sheffield Shield, 1993/94 – South Australia v Western Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. ^ Dellor, Ralph (1 February 2003). "Worcestershire sign 'Englishman' Harrity". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ^ "County sign Aussie quickie". Worcester News. 31 January 2003. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Farrow and Harrity reprimanded by ECB". Cricinfo. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 16 October 2006.
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