All at Trent Bridge are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mike 'Pasty' Harris at the age of 81.

Born in Cornwall, which earned him his regionally-appropriate nickname, Harris' professional career began with Middlesex, but he became synonymous with Nottinghamshire cricket during a fruitful 14-year career at Trent Bridge.

Harris scored over 20,000 runs for the club - 15,000 of them in First-Class cricket. He hit a county-record nine centuries in the summer of 1971, and remained a consistent run-scorer for the rest of the decade, passing the 1,000-run mark in ten seasons out of eleven between 1969 and 1979.

In the summer of 1971, one year after receiving his Notts cap, he notched a career-best 2,238 First-Class runs at 50.86. Three summers later, his consistent run-scoring yielded a selection, on standby, for the 1974/75 Ashes in Australia. 

He was awarded a benefit year in 1977, with his final First-Class match for the county coming in 1982.

After retiring from county cricket he was initially manager of the squash club at Trent Bridge. He was on the First-Class umpires list from 1988 to 2008, officiating in 161 fixtures in the format, in addition to 171 List A games and 33 T20s. 

Our thoughts are with his family, friends and loved ones at this difficult time.