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Simon Harmer stats

Data through 9 October 2026Last updated 9 October 2026

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 15 February 2012 to 9 October 2026. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Simon Harmer played 15 Tests for South Africa in the data, between 2012 and 2026. Simon Harmer took 538 first-class wickets in the data (average 23.83, economy 2.70, best 9/80).

International matches

Tests 15

International wickets

2 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

218

1,434 runs

Best bowling

9/80

First-class

Teams played for

Essex 2017–2026 · 303Warriors 2012–2014 · 32Sunrisers Eastern Cape 2024–2025 · 19South Africa 2015–2026 · 15Jozi Stars 2018–2019 · 15Durban's Super Giants 2023–2026 · 10Titans 2021–2022 · 10

BattingBowling

Simon Harmer batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Test	15	22	5	308	47	18.12	816	37.7	0	1	27	2
T20 (leagues & domestic)	218	133	48	1,434	56*	16.87	1,088	131.8	2	10	104	54
First-class	123	175	28	3,341	83*	22.73	7,144	46.8	18	27	399	33
List A	48	39	14	759	68	30.36	702	108.1	3	2	62	25

Runs per year

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Simon Harmer: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2012	42
2013	85
2014	220
2015	58
2017	384
2018	535
2019	507
2020	184
2021	566
2022	583
2023	793
2024	317
2025	768
2026	800

Year-by-year batting (35 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	42	42.00	107.7	19	0
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	85	28.33	141.7	39	0
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	220	27.50	127.2	38	0
2015	Test	6	58	11.60	33.3	13	0
2017	First-class	18	260	16.25	43.6	64	2
2017	List A	4	85	85.00	90.4	44	0
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	39	19.50	125.8	21	0
2018	First-class	18	358	22.38	59.9	57	1
2018	List A	7	50	16.67	100.0	34	0
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	127	11.55	129.6	25	0
2019	First-class	19	340	20.00	51.8	62	2
2019	List A	6	93	18.60	97.9	28	0
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	74	12.33	129.8	20	0
2020	First-class	9	111	13.88	40.1	32	0
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	73	14.60	121.7	23	0
2021	First-class	15	297	27.00	40.8	82	2
2021	List A	8	134	33.50	112.6	32	0
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	135	16.88	118.4	31	0
2022	First-class	18	396	26.40	45.2	75	4
2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	91	10.11	137.9	29	0
2022	Test	5	96	24.00	43.4	38	0
2023	First-class	23	524	30.82	51.9	83	3
2023	List A	4	79	19.75	84.9	68	1
2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	123	12.30	121.8	25	0
2023	Test	3	67	22.33	29.3	47	0
2024	First-class	19	275	16.18	40.6	51	1
2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	42	6.00	95.5	8	0
2025	First-class	18	300	20.00	39.0	53	1
2025	List A	5	231	77.00	154.0	68	2
2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	185	15.42	139.1	55	1
2025	Test	6	52	13.00	45.6	19	0
2026	First-class	18	480	32.00	50.3	80	2
2026	List A	5	87	17.40	86.1	32	0
2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	198	66.00	176.8	56	1
2026	Test	2	35	35.00	44.9	35	0

Simon Harmer bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	26	3,454	1,693	71	6/37	9/101	23.85	2.94	48.6	9	2	106
T20 (leagues & domestic)	208	4,067	5,207	185	4/18	–	28.15	7.68	22.0	5	0	4
First-class	213	28,535	12,823	538	9/80	15/207	23.83	2.70	53.0	62	36	1229
List A	47	2,392	1,898	60	5/47	–	31.63	4.76	39.9	1	1	15

Wickets per year

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Simon Harmer: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2012	2
2013	6
2014	10
2015	20
2017	90
2018	80
2019	108
2020	48
2021	88
2022	99
2023	90
2024	58
2025	97
2026	58

Year-by-year bowling (35 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	2	49.50	7.07	1/19
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	6	32.67	6.12	3/28
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	17	10	42.80	6.98	2/22
2015	Test	8	20	29.40	3.07	4/61
2017	First-class	26	72	19.19	2.65	9/95
2017	List A	9	10	41.80	5.62	3/56
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	8	41.00	9.11	3/39
2018	First-class	22	56	22.71	2.67	6/87
2018	List A	8	7	48.43	5.38	2/38
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	21	17	27.94	7.85	3/22
2019	First-class	24	83	18.29	2.55	8/98
2019	List A	6	4	59.25	5.78	2/44
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	18	21	22.90	8.69	4/19
2020	First-class	10	38	15.87	2.34	8/64
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	10	28.10	7.21	2/21
2021	First-class	22	49	23.49	2.24	9/80
2021	List A	10	18	19.56	3.63	3/42
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	21	18.81	7.31	4/24
2022	First-class	19	59	20.68	2.88	8/46
2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	22	26	18.65	6.41	3/18
2022	Test	5	14	19.29	2.88	4/103
2023	First-class	26	61	28.95	3.16	6/149
2023	List A	4	4	41.50	4.26	1/31
2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	19	20	26.75	9.39	4/28
2023	Test	3	5	43.40	3.30	3/45
2024	First-class	22	45	33.16	3.03	4/16
2024	T20 (leagues & domestic)	21	13	43.69	8.35	4/18
2025	First-class	22	40	28.73	2.32	4/37
2025	List A	5	11	17.00	4.33	5/47
2025	T20 (leagues & domestic)	24	16	35.81	8.19	2/25
2025	Test	8	30	14.30	2.50	6/37
2026	First-class	20	35	36.29	3.02	5/165
2026	List A	5	6	33.17	4.83	3/60
2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	15	24.20	6.60	2/15
2026	Test	2	2	94.50	3.54	1/68

Simon Harmer against each team

vs India vs Bangladesh

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
Bangladesh	Test	4	87	29.00	44.8	38	0
Australia	Test	3	82	41.00	33.7	47	0
India	Test	7	56	9.33	42.7	13	0
Pakistan	Test	3	35	35.00	48.6	19	0
West Indies	Test	3	30	10.00	26.8	19	0
Kent	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	204	25.50	177.4	55	1
Middlesex	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	170	34.00	165.0	56	1
Sussex	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	160	22.86	133.3	46	0
Lions	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	159	31.80	128.2	38	0
Hampshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	109	10.90	126.7	36	0
Glamorgan	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	87	10.88	135.9	18	0
Titans	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	80	40.00	133.3	39	0
Somerset	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	69	7.67	106.2	20	0
Surrey	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	68	9.71	144.7	29	0
Cape Cobras	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	47	23.50	102.2	19	0
Knights	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	42	42.00	175.0	19	0
Dolphins	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	36	12.00	100.0	23	0
Cape Town Blitz	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	29	14.50	107.4	20	0
Gloucestershire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	26	6.50	76.5	11	0
Joburg Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	25	25.00	108.7	14	0
Pretoria Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	14	7.00	127.3	7	0
Hampshire	First-class	18	495	38.08	48.0	80	5
Warwickshire	First-class	18	486	37.38	45.4	82	3
Surrey	First-class	20	345	20.29	46.1	50	2
Nottinghamshire	First-class	15	291	20.79	47.3	51	1
Yorkshire	First-class	12	290	32.22	46.1	64	3
Worcestershire	First-class	11	270	27.00	51.8	57	2
Kent	First-class	10	245	35.00	68.8	83	1
Somerset	First-class	25	237	10.77	39.2	30	0
Lancashire	First-class	13	170	14.17	40.9	49	0
Middlesex	First-class	7	116	19.33	43.4	32	0
Durham	First-class	7	110	18.33	38.1	47	0
Sussex	First-class	5	88	17.60	47.6	53	1
Northamptonshire	First-class	7	45	6.43	36.6	16	0
Glamorgan	First-class	3	37	18.50	59.7	35	0
Hampshire	List A	5	141	70.50	86.5	68	1
Surrey	List A	4	141	47.00	105.2	68	1
Gloucestershire	List A	5	130	43.33	127.5	51	1
Glamorgan	List A	5	95	19.00	118.8	42	0
Yorkshire	List A	4	45	15.00	121.6	31	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
India	Test	8	27	15.04	2.50	6/37
Bangladesh	Test	6	16	23.62	2.93	4/103
Pakistan	Test	4	13	21.31	3.01	6/50
West Indies	Test	4	12	21.75	3.08	4/82
Australia	Test	3	2	149.00	3.53	1/68
Hampshire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	21	25	21.88	7.85	3/43
Kent	T20 (leagues & domestic)	20	20	25.70	7.91	4/26
Sussex	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	19	19.74	7.05	4/28
Middlesex	T20 (leagues & domestic)	18	14	36.07	8.56	2/15
Somerset	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	14	24.29	8.54	4/24
Glamorgan	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	11	37.55	9.39	2/21
Surrey	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	11	35.45	8.48	3/44
Lions	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	8	25.88	6.40	2/22
Durban's Super Giants	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	6	26.83	8.47	4/18
Knights	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	5	39.60	6.39	2/22
Dolphins	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	4	40.50	7.04	2/22
Titans	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	4	25.50	7.85	3/28
Paarl Rocks	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	26.67	8.42	3/22
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	23.67	9.26	2/30
MI Cape Town	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	2	64.00	8.53	1/23
Joburg Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	2	53.00	6.62	1/14
Gloucestershire	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	2	60.50	8.07	1/18
Cape Town Blitz	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	2	51.50	7.36	1/17
Cape Cobras	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	2	62.00	6.53	1/26
Paarl Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	2	74.00	7.40	1/13
Pretoria Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	1	55.00	6.11	1/22
Surrey	First-class	28	70	22.74	2.31	8/64
Hampshire	First-class	21	67	20.30	3.15	8/46
Warwickshire	First-class	21	59	20.80	2.52	8/36
Somerset	First-class	27	57	27.82	2.73	5/64
Nottinghamshire	First-class	17	44	24.34	2.71	6/60
Middlesex	First-class	10	34	19.56	2.80	9/95
Lancashire	First-class	17	34	25.18	3.06	5/41
Kent	First-class	12	32	30.19	2.74	8/98
Worcestershire	First-class	13	30	23.87	2.39	5/43
Durham	First-class	9	24	30.08	3.00	5/57
Yorkshire	First-class	13	21	33.10	2.73	5/76
Gloucestershire	First-class	4	20	11.80	2.78	8/112
Sussex	First-class	6	15	19.73	2.79	5/54
Derbyshire	First-class	3	13	16.54	2.69	9/80
Northamptonshire	First-class	6	8	30.38	2.57	6/49
Leicestershire	First-class	3	6	32.83	2.56	3/42
Glamorgan	First-class	3	4	45.00	2.81	3/46
Gloucestershire	List A	5	9	24.44	4.57	2/25
Glamorgan	List A	5	7	30.71	5.51	5/47
Middlesex	List A	5	6	32.17	4.35	2/38
Yorkshire	List A	4	5	25.80	3.62	2/25
Hampshire	List A	5	5	51.60	5.49	3/42
Sussex	List A	3	5	22.20	3.96	2/29
Somerset	List A	3	4	29.25	6.50	3/56
Surrey	List A	4	3	54.00	5.23	2/45
Kent	List A	4	3	38.33	4.42	2/21

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
County Ground, Chelmsford	133	2447	23.08	83
Edgbaston	15	393	39.30	82
The Rose Bowl	19	369	30.75	71
Kennington Oval	15	271	20.85	50
Kingsmead	11	220	27.50	38
County Ground, Bristol	17	177	14.75	34
Trent Bridge	9	163	20.38	48
St Lawrence Ground	10	150	21.43	31
County Ground, Taunton	19	150	9.38	25
County Ground, Brighton	7	146	29.20	53

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
County Ground, Chelmsford	176	421	22.08	3.06
Kennington Oval	22	35	25.77	3.12
County Ground, Taunton	20	35	26.91	3.49
Edgbaston	16	30	22.13	2.65
The Rose Bowl	22	29	31.38	4.46
County Ground, Brighton	11	23	13.04	3.15
Kingsmead	16	22	26.68	4.04
St George's Park	19	19	26.79	6.30
Lord's	14	19	34.21	4.18
County Ground, Bristol	27	19	41.05	8.15

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	23	13	176.9	0	437	16	8.02
T20	Middle	444	437	101.6	24	3068	126	7.39
T20	Death	967	638	151.6	61	562	43	9.01

How Simon Harmer was dismissed

Caught127 (46%)
Lbw69 (25%)
Bowled55 (20%)
Run out13 (5%)
Stumped5 (2%)
Caught and bowled5 (2%)

How Simon Harmer took wickets

Caught458
Lbw169
Bowled144
Stumped43
Caught and bowled40

Last 20 innings

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Simon Harmer: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
19 Jun 2026	27
26 Jun 2026	12
1 Jul 2026	15
3 Jul 2026	46
5 Jul 2026	56
15 Jul 2026	7
31 Jul 2026	22
2 Aug 2026	11
7 Aug 2026	20
9 Aug 2026	32
11 Aug 2026	2
20 Aug 2026	4
20 Aug 2026	24
27 Aug 2026	8
2 Sep 2026	2
2 Sep 2026	16
24 Sep 2026	35
24 Sep 2026	0
9 Oct 2026	35
9 Oct 2026	0

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
9 Oct 2026	Test	Australia	0	3	caught	Kingsmead
9 Oct 2026	Test	Australia	35*	75	not out	Kingsmead
24 Sep 2026	First-class	Glamorgan	0*	1	not out	Sophia Gardens
24 Sep 2026	First-class	Glamorgan	35	51	bowled	Sophia Gardens
2 Sep 2026	First-class	Sussex	16	50	caught	County Ground, Chelmsford
2 Sep 2026	First-class	Sussex	2	4	lbw	County Ground, Chelmsford
27 Aug 2026	First-class	Surrey	8	27	caught	County Ground, Chelmsford
20 Aug 2026	First-class	Somerset	24	68	bowled	County Ground, Taunton
20 Aug 2026	First-class	Somerset	4	6	caught	County Ground, Taunton
11 Aug 2026	List A	Yorkshire	2	8	stumped	County Ground, Chelmsford
9 Aug 2026	List A	Durham	32	35	lbw	Feethams Cricket Ground
7 Aug 2026	List A	Glamorgan	20	22	caught	Sophia Gardens
2 Aug 2026	List A	Worcestershire	11	12	caught	County Ground, Chelmsford
31 Jul 2026	List A	Hampshire	22	24	caught	County Ground, Chelmsford
15 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Hampshire	7	7	lbw	The Rose Bowl
5 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Middlesex	56*	28	not out	County Ground, Chelmsford
3 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sussex	46*	17	not out	County Ground, Brighton
1 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Surrey	15	10	caught	County Ground, Chelmsford
26 Jun 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Northamptonshire	12	15	caught	County Ground, Northampton
19 Jun 2026	First-class	Nottinghamshire	27	56	lbw	County Ground, Chelmsford

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
9 Oct 2026	Test	Australia	1/121	25	1	Kingsmead
9 Oct 2026	Test	Australia	1/68	28.2	1	Kingsmead
24 Sep 2026	First-class	Glamorgan	1/117	42	8	Sophia Gardens
2 Sep 2026	First-class	Sussex	4/96	18	1	County Ground, Chelmsford
2 Sep 2026	First-class	Sussex	0/34	16	2	County Ground, Chelmsford
27 Aug 2026	First-class	Surrey	3/92	38	13	County Ground, Chelmsford
27 Aug 2026	First-class	Surrey	0/8	2	1	County Ground, Chelmsford
20 Aug 2026	First-class	Somerset	2/39	9.2	0	County Ground, Taunton
20 Aug 2026	First-class	Somerset	0/124	31	4	County Ground, Taunton
11 Aug 2026	List A	Yorkshire	1/26	7.4	0	County Ground, Chelmsford
9 Aug 2026	List A	Durham	1/26	7	0	Feethams Cricket Ground
7 Aug 2026	List A	Glamorgan	0/37	7	0	Sophia Gardens
2 Aug 2026	List A	Worcestershire	3/60	9.3	0	County Ground, Chelmsford
31 Jul 2026	List A	Hampshire	1/50	10	0	County Ground, Chelmsford
15 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Hampshire	1/31	4	0	The Rose Bowl
12 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Surrey	1/23	4	0	Kennington Oval
10 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Hampshire	1/1	1	0	County Ground, Chelmsford
5 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Middlesex	2/15	4	0	County Ground, Chelmsford
3 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sussex	2/17	4	0	County Ground, Brighton
1 Jul 2026	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Surrey	0/36	4	0	County Ground, Chelmsford

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers Simon Harmer faced most

vs Liam Dawson418 balls

Batters Simon Harmer bowled to most

Ben Foakes vs Simon Harmer534 balls
Tom Abell vs Simon Harmer503 balls
Dominic Sibley vs Simon Harmer489 balls
Nick Gubbins vs Simon Harmer421 balls
John Simpson vs Simon Harmer403 balls
Adam Lyth vs Simon Harmer394 balls
Rory Burns vs Simon Harmer386 balls
Jake Libby vs Simon Harmer351 balls
Daniel Bell-Drummond vs Simon Harmer351 balls
Matthew Renshaw vs Simon Harmer347 balls
RS Patel vs Simon Harmer342 balls
MJ Lamb vs Simon Harmer330 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Simon Harmer taken in Tests?

71 wickets in 26 innings at an average of 23.85, economy 2.94, best figures 6/37.

How many wickets has Simon Harmer taken in T20 leagues?

185 wickets in 208 innings at an average of 28.15, economy 7.68, best figures 4/18.

How many runs has Simon Harmer scored in Tests?

308 runs in 22 innings (15 matches) at an average of 18.12 and a strike rate of 37.7, in the data from 2015 to 2026.

How many runs has Simon Harmer scored in T20 leagues?

1,434 runs in 133 innings (218 matches) at an average of 16.87 and a strike rate of 131.8, in the data from 2012 to 2026.

What is Simon Harmer's highest score?

83* in first-class, the highest score in the data.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.