One of his most notable performances was against South Africa in the Quarter Finals of the 1996 Cricket World Cup when he took 4/47 to allow the West Indies to seize control of the match.

Harper was an all-rounder who batted right-handed and bowled right-arm off breaks, although suffering from the yips during part of his career.

[2] As a player, he scored 535 runs and 46 wickets in his 25 Tests, and he played 200 first class matches.

[3] It was in England (at Lord's) that he also pulled off his most famous piece of fielding to run out Graham Gooch during the MCC Bicentenary match in 1987.

However, he was approached by Cricket Kenya in late December 2005 with an offer to take over the Kenyan national team after interim coach Mudassar Nazar, and the appointment was made official in January 2006.