Pasty Harris
Michael John "Pasty" Harris (25 May 1944 – 18 July 2025) was an English first-class cricketer who played from 1964 to 1982. Born in St Just in Roseland, Cornwall, he earned the nickname “Pasty” from his Cornish roots.
He played for Middlesex (1964–1968) and Nottinghamshire (1969–1982), plus short stints in South Africa and New Zealand, including Eastern Province and Wellington. A right-handed batsman and leg-break bowler, Harris also kept wicket for Nottinghamshire from 1974 to 1977. He was a prolific county batsman, scoring over 15,000 runs for Nottinghamshire and hitting nine centuries. In 1971 he scored 2,238 runs, a county record-equalling spell.
Harris was part of the Rhodesian tour with the International Wanderers in 1974 and was on standby for the 1974–75 Ashes before Colin Cowdrey joined the squad.
After retiring as a player, Harris became an umpire. He stood in first-class cricket from 1988 to 2008 and in List A matches from 1985 to 2008, officiating 161 first-class games, 171 List A games, and 33 Twenty20s.
He died on 18 July 2025 at the age of 81.
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