Parke Gerald Zinzan "Zin" Harris (18 July 1927 – 1 December 1991) was a New Zealand
cricket
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er who played in nine
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between 1955 and 1965.
Harris was a member of the New Zealand team that toured
South Africa in 1961–62 and drew the series two-all. He was New Zealand's top scorer, with 101 and 30, in the Third Test at
Cape Town
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, which was New Zealand's first overseas Test victory.
Harris had two sons who played
first-class cricket
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:
Chris Harris, who went on to represent
New Zealand
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, and
Ben Harris who played for Canterbury and Otago. The unusual name of Zinzan – thought to be of Indian origin – is shared by several members of the Harris and related families: both Chris and Ben Harris have Zinzan as a middle name.
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1927 births
1991 deaths
Canterbury cricketers
New Zealand Test cricketers
New Zealand cricketers
Cricketers from Christchurch
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