Calvin Harrison (cricketer)
{{Short description|South African-born English cricketer (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Calvin Harrison
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Calvin Grant Harrison
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|4|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Durban, KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm leg break
| role = All-rounder
| club1 = Oxford MCCU
| year1 = 2019
| club2 = Hampshire
| year2 = 2020
| club3 = Nottinghamshire
| year3 = 2021–present
| clubnumber3 = 31
| club4 = Manchester Originals
| year4 = 2021–2023
| club5 = Trent Rockets
| year5 = 2024-present
| club6 = → Northamptonshire (loan)
| year6 = 2025
| columns = 3
| column1 = FC
| matches1 = 22
| runs1 = 555
| bat avg1 = 23.12
| 100s/50s1 = 0/2
| top score1 = 56
| deliveries1 = 3,041
| wickets1 = 51
| bowl avg1 = 33.58
| fivefor1 = 2
| tenfor1 = 1
| best bowling1 = 7/119
| catches/stumpings1 = 35/–
| column2 = LA
| matches2 = 8
| runs2 = 94
| bat avg2 = 13.42
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 41
| deliveries2 = 337
| wickets2 = 5
| bowl avg2 = 62.40
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 1/0
| catches/stumpings2 = 7/–
| column3 = T20
| matches3 = 61
| runs3 = 227
| bat avg3 = 10.31
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| top score3 = 23
| deliveries3 = 932
| wickets3 = 53
| bowl avg3 = 22.45
| fivefor3 = 1
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 5/11
| catches/stumpings3 = 29/–
| date = 23 April
| year = 2025
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/859899.html Cricinfo
}}
Calvin Grant Harrison (born 29 April 1998) is a South African-born English cricketer.
Biography
Harrison was born at Durban and was educated in England at King's College, Taunton. From King's he went up to Oxford Brookes University.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1471/1471251/1471251.html |title=Player profile: Calvin Harrison |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-07-16 |url-access=subscription}} While studying at Oxford Brookes, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford MCCU in 2019, playing against Middlesex and Hampshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1471/1471251/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Calvin Harrison |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-07-16 |url-access=subscription}}{{#tag:ref|Oxford MCCU differed from Oxford University Cricket Club in that it was open to students at Oxford Brookes University, whereas Oxford University Cricket Club is exclusively for students of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford.|group=notes}} He scored 65 runs in his two matches, with a high score of 37 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1471/1471251/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Calvin Harrison |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-07-16 |url-access=subscription}} With his leg break and googly bowling, he took 3 wickets with best figures of 1 for 30.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1471/1471251/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Calvin Harrison |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-07-16 |url-access=subscription}} He made his Twenty20 debut on 10 September 2020, for Hampshire in the 2020 t20 Blast.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1207742.html |title=South Group (N), Southampton, Sep 10 2020, Vitality Blast |accessdate=10 September 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}
On 8 June 2021, Harrison signed for Nottinghamshire on a three-month contract.{{Cite web|title=NCCC News : Harrison signs three-month contract|url=https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/news/2021/june/harrison-signs-three-month-contract.html|access-date=2021-06-09|website=www.trentbridge.co.uk}} A month later this was extended to a two-year deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/news/2021/july/harrison-extends-notts-contract.html|title=HARRISON EXTENDS NOTTS CONTRACT|publisher=Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|accessdate=4 July 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.chad.co.uk/sport/other-sport/calvin-harrison-signs-extended-nottinghamshire-contract-3302480|title=Calvin Harrison signs extended Nottinghamshire contract|publisher=Mansfield Chad|accessdate=4 July 2024}} In April 2022, he was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60477088 |title=The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed |work=BBC Sport |access-date=5 April 2022}}
Harrison made his First Class debut for Nottinghamshire against Essex in May 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/news/2023/july/harrison-set-on-thriving-in-all-formats-after-securing-new-deal.html|title=HARRISON SET ON THRIVING IN ALL-FORMATS AFTER SECURING NEW DEAL|publisher=Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|accessdate=4 July 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketworld.com/calvin-harrison-signs-new-three-year-deal-at-trent-bridge/88555.htm|title=Calvin Harrison signs new three-year deal at Trent Bridge|publisher=Cricket World|accessdate=4 July 2024}} and penned a further three-year contract with the club in July that year.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66310864|title=Calvin Harrison: Nottinghamshire all-rounder signs new contract|date=26 July 2023 |publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=4 July 2024}} He joined Northamptonshire on a two-match loan in April 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketworld.com/calvin-harrison-joins-northamptonshire-on-loan-from-nottinghamshire/102115.htm|title=Calvin Harrison joins Northamptonshire on loan from Nottinghamshire|publisher=Cricket World|accessdate=8 April 2025}} On his Northamptonshire debut against Lancashire at Old Trafford, he took 10 wickets in a match for the first time, bagging 11 for 153 including a to-date career best of 7 for 119 in the second innings.{{cite web|url=https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/sport/other-sport/harrison-is-a-loan-star-but-stubborn-lancashire-deny-northants-victory-at-old-trafford-5083125|title=Harrison is a loan star, but stubborn Lancashire deny Northants victory at Old Trafford|publisher=Northampton Chronicle and Echo|accessdate=14 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-division-two-2025-1461821/lancashire-vs-northamptonshire-6th-match-1461899/match-report-4|title=Bohannon 155 defies Northants as Harrison seven-for goes in vain|publisher=ESPNCricinfo|accessdate=14 April 2025}}
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=859899}}
{{Northamptonshire County Cricket Club squad}}
{{Trent Rockets squad}}
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Category:Cricketers from Durban
Category:South African emigrants to the United Kingdom
Category:People educated at King's College, Taunton
Category:Alumni of Oxford Brookes University
Category:Oxford MCCU cricketers
Category:Manchester Originals cricketers
Category:Nottinghamshire cricketers