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| Full name | Ben Zinzan Harris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 February 1964 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 8 May 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ben Zinzan Harris (born 20 February 1964) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played first class cricket for Canterbury and Otago between the 1988–89 season and 1994–95. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium bowler, Harris played 35 first-class matches and 15 List A matches, scoring over 1,500 first-class runs at a batting average of 26.72 runs per inning, including scoring three centuries.[1][2]
Harris was born at Christchurch in 1964 and educated at Waitaki Boys' High School.[3] His father, Zin Harris, played Test cricket for New Zealand, as did his brother, Chris Harris.[3] After playing Second XI matches for Canterbury during the 1987–88 season, Harris made his representative debut the following season. He made three first-class appearances for the side before moving to play for Otago the following season.[1]
After two seasons in Otago, in which he played 18 first-class matches and scored over 800 runs, including his highest first-class score of 141 not out, Harris moved back to Canterbury in 1991–92. He played until the end of the 1994–95 season,[1] after which he began a radio broadcasting career at More FM. He has since worked as a manager for the station[3] and as an auctioneer for Baileys Real Estate in Christchurch.[citation needed] He has also acted as a selector for the Canterbury side.[3]