Club:
Karori
Wellington Firebirds debut:
v Central Stags, Wellington 2008-09 (first-class)
Best batting:
90 not out v Northern Knights, Wellington 2011-12 (first-class)
Best bowling: 3 for 26 v Central Stags 2010-11 (first-class)
Harry Boam returns in 2011-12 for his fourth season of domestic cricket after initially winning a Wellington Firebirds contract while still a student at Wellington College.
The right-handed Boam, who can bat anywhere in the top or middle-order and also bowls handy medium pace, is an exciting player for the future and will be looking to further make his mark this summer.
He made the NZ U19 side for a third time in early 2010 and was New Zealand’s leading run-scorer in the ICC U19 World Cup with 202 runs at an average of 50.50.
Boam featured consistently in all three forms of the game throughout the 2010-11 season, averaging 34.33 in seven domestic One-Day matches and 39.85 in five Plunket Shield matches. He won the Men’s Outstanding Fielder Award at the end of season Norwood Awards
Previously, Boam, who plays in the English Lancashire League in the New Zealand off-season, made his debut for the Firebirds in all three forms of the game in 2008-09, immediately fulfilling his promise with 3 for 56 and 45 not out in his first match in December 2008 against the Central Stags.
The 2007-08 season was a record breaking one for the English born Boam, in which he was the leading run-scorer at that year's national U19 tournament, with his 542 runs at an average of 67.8, including 184 against Central Districts in a three-day match - believed to be a Wellington age-group record.
He capped off a fairytale year by winning the 2008 College Sport Sportsman of the Year award.
HARRY BOM
Playing style:
All-rounder
Nickname
: Boamer
Secondary school attended:
Wellington College
Club:
Karori
Earliest cricket memory:
Practicing at Anderson Park
Favourite ground to play cricket on:
The Hawkins Basin Reserve
Most memorable cricket moment:
Playing in the U19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand
If I could bat/bowl in partnership with any cricketer from any era I would chose:
Sir Don Bradman – because he was the best
Favourite player growing up:
Nathan Astle – when he scored his 222 not out in England
The non-cricketing sports person or team I most admire:
Roger Federer
If I wasn’t a Firebirds cricketer I’d be:
Studying for my BCA
Favourite superhero:
Superman – I grew up with him
Favourite book/magazine:
April Fool’s Day by Bryce Courtenay
Favourite holiday destination:
Fiji
If I was in a band I would play the:
Guitar
In my spare time I like to:
Play football
Most people don’t know that I:
I can do the Napoleon Dynamite dance – I’m a wizard
My signature dish is:
Burritos