Did You Know...
My favourite sportsperson is
Lewis Hamilton
My favourite food is
McDonald's
My favourite musical artist is
Billy Ocean
My favourite film is
Any of the Rocky films
My party trick is
Burp on demand
My proudest cricketing moment is
Receiving my Kent cap
Harry Podmore
Men's Cap 218
Born | 23rd July 1994 (in Hammersmith) | Debut | vs. Gloucestershire, 2018 |
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Years of Service | 2018- | Capped | 2019 (218) |
Nickname(s) | Pod, Podders | Bat | Right-hand |
Best Bat | FC: 66*, List A: 40, T20: 9 | Bowl | Right arm medium-fast |
Best Bowl | FC: 6-36, List A: 4-57, T20: 3-13 | Shirt Sponsor | - |
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 that season. Harry played 15-matches in Division Two 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 Second XI against the Middlesex Second XI 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.
In September 2020, Harry signed a new contract keeping him at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence until at least the end of the 2023 season.
Other Teams
Middlesex, Glamorgan, Derbyshire, Durham