Mark Harman

Who is Mark Harman?

Mark David Harman played first-class and List A cricket for Somerset in 1986 and 1987 and for Kent in 1988 and 1989. He was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

Harman was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-spin bowler. He played for Somerset's second eleven before he was 17, but had to wait more than five years before he made a first-team appearance: the stumbling-block to his career was the presence in the Somerset side of Vic Marks, a much better batsman and an occasional Test off-spinner. In two seasons of first-team cricket with Somerset, Harman played only nine first-class and three limited-overs matches, and took just eight first-class wickets and only one in List A games. His best bowling for Somerset was only two for 38, though he did make his highest first-class score, 41, in the match against Kent at Bath. At the end of the 1987 season, he took up a contract with Kent.

The move to Kent brought somewhat more regular first-team cricket, though Harman was largely restricted to the first-class team, playing only one List A match in his two years with the county. The 1988 season brought his two best bowling performances.