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Favourite Sports Person
Lewis Hamilton
Favourite Band
Billy Ocean
Favourite Food
McDonald's
Favourite Car
Mercedes A45
Favourite Film
Any of the Rocky films
Most Likely To
Play Call of Duty
Education
Twyford C of E High School
Party Trick
Burp on demand
Lookalike
David Beckham, Luke Chadwick
Best Cricketing Moment
Six-fer at Canterbury vs. Middlesex
Proudest Moment
Receiving my Kent cap
Harry Podmore
Capped Player 218
Date of Birth | 23rd July 1994 | Debut | For Kent, all 2018: FC v Gloucestershire; List-A v Somerset; T20 v Hampshire |
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Years of Service | 2018 - | Capped | 2019 (218) |
Nickname(s) | Pod, Podders | Bat | Right-hand |
Best Bat | For Kent: FC 54* v Essex (2019); List-A 40 v Hampshire (2019) | Bowl | Right arm medium-fast |
Best Bowl | For Kent: FC 6-36 v Middlesex (2018); List-A 4-57 v Middlesex (2018) | Shirt Sponsor | Dodgems & Floss |
Player Biography
Harry joined Kent from Middlesex, where he found first team opportunities limited, in 2018. He was a key component of Kent’s promotion winning side. Harry played 15-matches in Division 2 that season, picking up 53-wickets at an average of 23.04. ‘Podders” first Championship wicket for Kent was Gloucestershire’s Gareth Roderick, lbw for 51. His best figures of 6-36 came against Middlesex in the fourth innings of a crushing 342-run victory. Josh Simpson was Harry’s fifth wicket, caught behind by Adam Rouse. Harry also showed his potential with the bat, scoring 53 against Gloucestershire, and 33* against Glamorgan. In total he scored 235 runs at and average of 19. Harry also plundered 111 off 111 for the Kent 2ndXI against the Middlesex 2ndXI in a four-day friendly.
Harry was capped after the 2019 season, in which he took another 54-wickets in First Class cricket, including two five-wicket hauls against Warwickshire and Surrey as Kent finished fourth in Division 1 of the County Championship. More runs followed as well, with scores of 49* against Nottinghamshire, and 54* against Essex.
Harry as mainly featured in red ball cricket for Kent, but he has also played in 12 List-A games since he signed. He has taken 14-wickets so far, with best figures of 4-57 coming against Nottinghamshire in 2018. In this match against Notts, Harry dismissed all of the their top three batsmen (Chris Nash, Riki Wessels, and Tom Moores), reducing them to 23-4, opening the bowling alongside Kiwi Matt Henry.
‘Podders’ has only played in one T20 for the club. This came against Hampshire in 2018, as Kent won by 3-runs thanks to 95* from Sam Billings and 3-37 from Joe Denly. Harry finished with 0-37 off two overs.
In September 2020, Harry signed a new contract keeping him at the Spitfire Ground until at least the end of the 2023 season.
Other Teams
Middlesex, Glamorgan, Derbyshire, Durham