He was a right-arm fast bowler who was a member of the Australia national cricket team until retiring in the Ashes tour lead up of 2015 due to a knee injury.

A week earlier he had played a first-class match for Sussex against the Marylebone Cricket Club.

In June, 2009, he was signed by Surrey on a short-term contract,[8] while in 2010 he played domestic cricket for Yorkshire.

In late 2008, he was signed to an Indian Premier League contract with the Deccan Chargers, who are coached by his former Redbacks teammate Darren Lehmann.

on 26 January 2010, Harris was called up into the Australian squad for the 3rd ODI against Pakistan at the Adelaide Oval as cover for Peter Siddle, who was ruled out due to a back injury.

Although not required to bat, Harris opened the bowling with Doug Bollinger and took 5/43, including the wickets of Kamran Akmal and Shahid Afridi.

He took 11 wickets in the two-Test series against Sri Lanka before suffering a hip injury against South Africa in Cape Town.

[26] Harris was appointed as bowling coach of Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Capitals in 2020.