By being named in Essex’s team to take on Worcestershire at The Cloud County Ground from today, Simon Harmer has hit the milestone of 100 First-Class matches for the Club.
The South African has claimed 456 wickets at an average of 22.56, with a staggering 35 five-wicket hauls, since arriving for his first stint ahead of the 2017 season.
He has also claimed ten wickets in a match on a neat ten occasions, and his 15/207 in a 2022 home clash with Hampshire is the best match analysis ever recorded at The Cloud County Ground.
The 35-year-old made his First-Class debut for the Eagles against Durham MCCU in a 2017 pre-season match, before following it up with his Championship bow against Lancashire five days later.
His impact was immediate, as he took 74 wickets in his first season as Essex, promoted from Division Two the year before, won a first Championship title in 25 years at a canter.
Warwickshire have been Harmer’s favourite county to face in First-Class cricket, with the off-spinner having taken 58 Bears wickets, narrowly ahead of the 56 he has claimed against Hampshire.
Barring the pandemic-affected shortened 2020 campaign, he has claimed at least 50 wickets in every single season he has spent at The Cloud County Ground.
Cricket & Craft Ale Festival at The Cloud County Ground
Essex Cricket and Greene King are joining forces to create a Cricket & Craft Ale Festival during the first three days of the Vitality County Championship fixture between Essex and Worcestershire at The Cloud County Ground.
Greene King will be supplying as many as twelve craft ales for fans to sip on whilst enjoying County Championship action in a crucial late-summer clash.
Fans can purchase tickets to Essex’s County Championship match against Worcestershire from £16 for Adults and there will be no additional cost to enter the Cricket & Craft Ale Festival, with drinks to be purchased individually once inside.
Secure your seats to Essex v Worcestershire and sample Greene King’s craft ales:
