Ben William Harmison (born 9 January 1986) is an English former professional

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er who played

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for

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and

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

. The former England Under-19 left-handed batsman scored a century on his first-class debut in 2006 while playing for

against

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. He finished the season with 563 runs at an average of 37.53 with two hundreds, though both hundreds came in games outside the

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. He hit his maiden Championship century, 101 against

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in 2007. On 19 December 2011, Harmison signed for

after being released by

in September. He played for Kent until the end of the 2015 season before leaving the county in February 2016 after four seasons.Ben Harmison leaves Kent
Kent County Cricket Club, 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-02-25. He played in Australia for Newcastle City Cricket Club in

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during the English off-season.Leeson J (2015
Australia's tour match against Kent begins at St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury
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'', 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2018-04-01. He also plays football, as a striker, joining the

Ashington Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,864 at the 2011 Census. It was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is north of Newcastle upon Tyne, west of the A189 and bordered to the ...

side managed by his older brother Steve at the end of the 2016 cricket season, although he had also played for Ashington during his cricket career. He scored on his full debut in September 2015 in the F.A. Vase win over

Easington Colliery Easington Colliery is a town in County Durham, England, known for a history of coal mining. It is situated to the north of Horden, a short distance to the east of Easington Village. The town suffered a significant mining accident on 29 May 195 ...

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* 1986 births Living people Durham cricketers English cricketers Sportspeople from Ashington Northumberland cricketers Kent cricketers English men's footballers Ashington A.F.C. players Men's association football forwards Cricketers from Northumberland {{england-cricket-bio-1980s-stub