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pasty harris
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pasty harris

michael john `` pasty '' harris -lrb- born may 25 , 1944 , in st just in roseland , cornwall -rrb- is an english cricketer who played for various first class cricket teams .
he played from 1964 until 1982 in a 344-game career which took him to south africa and new zealand .
in england he represented nottinghamshire , for whom he scored over 15,000 runs , and middlesex county cricket club , playing as a right-handed batsman and , from 1969 until around 1972 , as a useful leg spin bowler .
from 1974 to 1977 , nottinghamshire used him as their wicketkeeper as david pullan , the incumbent , was a poor batsman .
harris hit nine centuries , equalling the county record , in 1971 when he scored 2238 runs .
a prolific batsman in county cricket , he was selected on standby for the 1974-75 ashes tour but was superseded by colin cowdrey .
his nickname of `` pasty '' referred to his cornish origins .
harris was later on the list of first class umpires .
