Bethany Harmer

Bethany Harmer

Personal information
Full name	Bethany Charlotte Harmer
Born	(2000-10-30) 30 October 2000 (age 24) Norwich, Norfolk, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	All-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2015–2018	Norfolk
2019–2021	Essex
2020–2024	The Blaze
2021	Lincolnshire
2022–present	Derbyshire
2022	Northern Superchargers
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20 Matches 36 45 Runs scored 455 675 Batting average 12.63 16.46 100s/50s 0/1 0/1 Top score 60 70 Balls bowled 443 270 Wickets 12 15 Bowling average 26.08 12.87 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 4/18 3/7 Catches/stumpings 11/– 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 October 2024

Bethany Charlotte Harmer (born 30 October 2000) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Derbyshire. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She previously played for Norfolk, Essex, Lincolnshire and The Blaze.[1][2]

Early life

Harmer was born on 30 October 2000 in Norwich, Norfolk.[2]

Domestic career

Harmer made her county debut in 2015, for Norfolk against Cumbria, in which she took 4/18, which remains her List A best bowling figures.[3] She ended the season as Norfolk's joint-leading wicket-taker in the County Championship, with 6 wickets.[4] The following season she achieved her List A high score, hitting 60 against the Netherlands, and was her side's leading run-scorer in the County Championship.[5][6] She also scored 175 runs at an average of 29.16 in the 2016 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[7] In 2017, she achieved her Twenty20 best bowling figures, taking 3/7 against Cambridgeshire.[8]

Ahead of the 2019 season, Harmer joined Essex, helping them to third place in Division 2 of the County Championship.[9] After the 2020 season was cancelled, Harmer played for Lincolnshire in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, playing three matches, scoring 93 runs and taking 4 wickets.[10][11] She continued to play for Essex in the Women's London Championship.[12] Harmer joined Derbyshire for the 2022 season.[13] In Derbyshire's victory over Yorkshire, she scored her maiden Twenty20 half-century, 70 from 35 balls.[14]

Harmer was named in the Lightning squad for the 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, but did not play a match.[15] She made her debut for the side in 2021, in the opening match of the Charlotte Edwards Cup against South East Stars, in which she made 34 from 25 balls.[16] She went on to play five more matches in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, scoring 70 runs overall, as well as three matches in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[17][18] She played seven matches for Lightning in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 105 runs.[19][20] She was also in the Northern Superchargers squad for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[21] In 2023, she played two matches for The Blaze (the new name for Lightning).[22][23] In 2024, she played two matches for The Blaze.[24][25] Harmer left The Blaze when her contract expired in October 2024.[26]

References

1. "Player Profile: Bethany Harmer". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
2. "Player Profile: Bethany Harmer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
3. "Norfolk Women v Cumbria Women, 25 May 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
4. "Bowling for Norfolk Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
5. "Norfolk Women v Netherlands Women, 29 May 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
6. "Batting and Fielding for Norfolk Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
7. "Batting and Fielding for Norfolk Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
8. "Cambridgeshire Women v Norfolk Women, 30 July 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
9. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
10. "Batting and Fielding for Lincolnshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
11. "Bowling for Lincolnshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
12. "Women's London Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
13. "18 April 2022 @ 11:00: Derbyshire Women v North Rep Team". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
14. "Yorkshire Women v Derbyshire Women, 24 April 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
15. "Squad Analysis: Lightning Reveal their squad for Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy". Female Cricket. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
16. "Lightning v South East Stars, Group A, Nottingham, June 26, 2021, Charlotte Edwards Cup". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
17. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
18. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
19. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
20. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
21. "The Hundred 2022 - women's team guide: Northern Superchargers". the Cricketer. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
22. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - The Blaze/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
23. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - The Blaze/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
24. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2024 - The Blaze/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
25. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2024 - The Blaze/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
26. "HARMER AND GRAVES TO MOVE ON FROM THE BLAZE". Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

External links

• Bethany Harmer at ESPNcricinfo
• Bethany Harmer at CricketArchive (subscription required)