The 34-year-old fast-bowler has been plagued by injuries since his debut in 2010. PHOTO: AFP
The 34-year-old has been plagued by injuries since his debut in 2010 but was able to put together a run of 12 consecutive Tests over the last seven months to help Australia wrest back the Ashes and beat South Africa 2-1 in an away series.
Harris played through pain to give Australia the victory on a dramatic final day of the third Test at Newlands last week before returning home for surgery.
“The 2015 Ashes and the series after that back in Australia are the goals for me if I’m bowling well enough and still in form,” Harris told Melbourne’s SEN radio.
“There’s the World Cup in between and I’d love to force my way back into that team as well. “I’ve read a few little comments here and there in papers that it could be the end of me, but I’m not done yet. I’ll be back.”
His injuries have restricted him to just 12 Tests in three years until he got on the plane for the Ashes series of 2013.
He played four of five Tests in that series in England, all five tests in the 5-0 triumph in the return Ashes series and all three Tests against the Proteas.
Harris took 56 wickets at 21.66 in the three series but his most decisive intervention came in Cape Town last week when he removed Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel in one over to clinch a 245-run victory and the series triumph.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2014.
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