Ryan Harris picked up a lot of wickets in a very short span

There has probably not been a modern Australian fast bowler who has been as good as Ryan Harris when he was at his peak and, had it not been for his chronic injury problems, he would have been included among the greats of the game.He played in only 27 Test matches but picked up 113 wickets at an average of 23.52 and, a strike rate of 507. Those are numbers that can only be generated by a bowler who is among the best of his generation.

He only played 18 ODIs but even in those games, he showed his worth by returning an average of 18.90 and going at only 4.84 an over, at a time when economy rates had gone up by a lot.Harris picked up 44 wickets in ODIs but never got to play for Australia in World Cups. The 2011 World Cup was his only chance to play in the tournament but Australia preferred Shaun Tait and Brett Lee over him.