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Johannesburg – Paul Harris believes he can add a spark to the South African cricket team.
The lean left-arm spinner, who has the attitude of a hardened paceman, knows how to get under the skin of batsmen.
“I don’t necessarily take the field with the aim of unsettling batsmen with words, but something may just happen that gets me hot under the collar and then I get going,” he said with a smile.
“Somewhere along the line in this series against England I believe a lot of things will be said.”
The 31-year-old Titans player, who was born in Salisbury (Harare) in the erstwhile Rhodesia, may just be the player that South Africa need.
He is a fighter and brings his own kind of charisma to the team.
Harris offers an ingredient that the team needs ahead of the Test series after things did not go according to plan in the one-day series.
He also revealed that former Capetonian Jonathan Trott will definitely be targeted in the Test series.
“He is still new in the Test arena and we will definitely test him,” said Harris.
He admits it’s feeling a little strange to be part of the national set-up again having last been in the side against Australia in March.
“The time off was good for my marriage because I could spend a lot of time with my wife, but I would have liked to play a few more Tests,” he said.
“I have had excellent preparation with the Titans in the SuperSport Seies. In fact, it’s the best I have been prepared for any Test series I have been involved in.
“I have six first class games behind me and bowled 120 overs for the Titans in the last two games. I feel good about my bowling and believe the pitches in Centurion (his home field), at Kingsmead and Newlands will offer the spinners some assistance.
“That is why I have no doubt that Graeme Swann (English spinner) and I can play big roles in this series.”
Johannesburg – Paul Harris believes he can add a spark to the South African cricket team.
The lean left-arm spinner, who has the attitude of a hardened paceman, knows how to get under the skin of batsmen.
“I don’t necessarily take the field with the aim of unsettling batsmen with words, but something may just happen that gets me hot under the collar and then I get going,” he said with a smile.
“Somewhere along the line in this series against England I believe a lot of things will be said.”
The 31-year-old Titans player, who was born in Salisbury (Harare) in the erstwhile Rhodesia, may just be the player that South Africa need.
He is a fighter and brings his own kind of charisma to the team.
Harris offers an ingredient that the team needs ahead of the Test series after things did not go according to plan in the one-day series.
He also revealed that former Capetonian Jonathan Trott will definitely be targeted in the Test series.
“He is still new in the Test arena and we will definitely test him,” said Harris.
He admits it’s feeling a little strange to be part of the national set-up again having last been in the side against Australia in March.
“The time off was good for my marriage because I could spend a lot of time with my wife, but I would have liked to play a few more Tests,” he said.
“I have had excellent preparation with the Titans in the SuperSport Seies. In fact, it’s the best I have been prepared for any Test series I have been involved in.
“I have six first class games behind me and bowled 120 overs for the Titans in the last two games. I feel good about my bowling and believe the pitches in Centurion (his home field), at Kingsmead and Newlands will offer the spinners some assistance.
“That is why I have no doubt that Graeme Swann (English spinner) and I can play big roles in this series.”
