PlayersSouth Africa

PL Harris

Bowler, South Africa, 36 Tests, 2007-2011. Debut v India, 2007

32.2Adjusted bowling average, 92nd of 137 bowlers: runs per wicket once the batters he bowled at, the grounds and the conditions are allowed for, so lower is better. Raw 38.7. It could reasonably be anywhere from 28.6 to 39.7.

Where his adjusted bowling average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

89SJ BennWest Indies32.1 90Wahab RiazPakistan32.1 91CAK RajithaSri Lanka32.2

92PL HarrisSouth Africa32.2

93UWMBCA WelegedaraSri Lanka32.3 94Naseem ShahPakistan32.5 95ST GabrielWest Indies32.6

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2007	25	621	24.84	2.35
2008	24	1081	45.04	3.02
2009	26	862	33.15	2.96
2010	23	1165	50.65	2.52
2011	1	101	101.00	1.71
Career	99	3830	38.69	2.67

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

32.3

Volume

Wickets

5 wkts

Quality

Average

38.69

Strike rate

Economy

2.67

Conditions

Away average

42.42

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

10.7

Value / inns

6.6

Volume

Runs

450

Average

10.98

Hundreds

Quality

Strike rate

33.9

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

14.29

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
England	10	193	24.12
Australia	9	92	10.22
Pakistan	9	72	9.00
India	11	56	6.22
West Indies	5	34	6.80
New Zealand	2	3	1.50

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
Australia	24	32.58	6/127	1
India	22	51.86	4/129	0
Pakistan	21	25.81	5/73	1
England	19	41.16	5/123	1
West Indies	11	48.27	4/35	0
Bangladesh	1	26.00	1/26	0
New Zealand	1	26.00	1/11	0

Home & away

Home

8.55bat avg

35.55bowl avg

Away

14.29bat avg

42.42bowl avg

Neutral

9.5bat avg

32.86bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	15	171	13.15
2nd	17	167	11.13
3rd	8	86	12.29
4th	6	26	4.33

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v India7 & 01/101Newlands, Cape Town2011-01-02 v India0 & 71/62Kingsmead, Durban2010-12-26 v India—2/94SuperSport Park, Centurion2010-12-16 v Pakistan195/126Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi2010-11-20 v Pakistan02/104Dubai International Cricket Stadium2010-11-12 v West Indies111/77Kensington Oval2010-06-26 v West Indies—2/165Warner Park, St Kitts2010-06-18 v West Indies102/116Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad2010-06-10 v India1 & 41/182Eden Gardens, Kolkata2010-02-14 v India—4/115Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur2010-02-06

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 46
Not outs: 5
Runs: 450
Average: 10.98
Strike rate: 33.9
Highest: 46
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 0
Ducks: 9

Wickets: 99
Average: 38.69
Economy: 2.67
Strike rate: 87
Best: 6/127
5 wickets: 3
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 8609