| Doug Harris | |
| Country: | Australia |
| Fullname: | Douglas James Harris |
| Birth Date: | 20 December 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Subiaco, Western Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Wicket-keeper |
| Club1: | Western Australia |
| Year1: | 1990/91 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 23 |
| Bat Avg1: | 11.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 23 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/0 |
| Date: | 1 January |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11348/11348.html CricketArchive |
Douglas James Harris (born 20 December 1962) is a former Australian cricketer. From Perth, Harris excelled at junior levels, and represented the Australian national under-19 cricket team in a three-Test series during the 1980–81 season.[1] He was named Man of the Series after scoring 195 runs from five innings.[2] [3] From the early 1980s, Harris was regularly selected in state colts and second XI matches, though Tim Zoehrer was generally the first-choice wicket-keeper at state level.[4] In a Sheffield Shield match against South Australia during the 1985–86 season, Western Australia's wicket-keeper Michael Cox was unavailable to keep wicket in South Australia's second innings. Despite not having been named twelfth man, Harris substituted for Cox as wicket-keeper, and recorded two stumpings off the bowling of Wayne Andrews.[5] However, these dismissals are not included in his career records.[6]
Harris continued to occasionally play in colts and second XI matches throughout the late 1980s. His sole match at first-class level came during the 1990–91 season, in a Sheffield Shield match against Queensland.[7] In the match, held at the Gabba in February 1991, Harris played as a specialist batsman, opening the batting with Mark Lavender in both innings. He was dismissed for a duck in the first innings, but scored 23 runs in the second innings as part of a 61-run opening stand with Lavender (113*).[8] At grade cricket level, Harris played for both Southern Districts (later Willetton) and Subiaco-Floreat.[9] [10] After retiring, he has filled several positions with the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) at various stages, including manager and coach of the state under-19 team,[11] coach of the state second XI,[12] state selector,[13] state high-performance manager,[14] and state talent manager.[15] As state coaching manager, he was also involved in launching the Dennis Lillee Fast Bowling Academy in 2002.[16]