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Simon Harmer: Essex stalwart’s long road to redemption

With 17 wickets across two triumphant Tests against India last year, Simon Harmer finally had his moment in the sun. It was a long time coming, he tells Phil Walker.

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With 17 wickets across two triumphant Tests against India last year, Simon Harmer finally had his moment in the sun. It was a long time coming, he tells Phil Walker.
Simon Harmer is always good fun to talk to, especially so in the say-nothing era. Like most South African cricketers, he prefers to barrel straight to the point of things.
“I like to be honest!” he says, a huge grin spreading over his face. He has been through too much, taken too many twists and turns across his career, to sugar up the truth as he sees it.
In many ways he’s a throwback. Sure, to a time when punches weren’t routine...

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