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Liberty Nicole Heap (born 16 September 2003) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire, North West Thunder and Manchester Originals. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She previously played for Cumbria and North Representative XI.[1][2]

Early life

Heap was born on 16 September 2003 in Burnley, Lancashire.[2]

Domestic career

Heap made her county debut in 2019, for Cumbria against Lincolnshire, in which she scored 17 runs and took 2/23 from 10 overs.[3] This was the only Championship game she played that season, whilst also appearing in two Twenty20 Cup matches.[4][5] In 2021, Heap was named as part of the Lancashire contingent of the North Representative XI squad for the Twenty20 Cup, playing four matches, scoring 55 runs and taking 2 wickets.[6][7][8] She played for Cumbria in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking one wicket.[9]

In 2020, Heap played for North West Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in four matches, scoring 28 runs and taking 5 wickets at an average of 18.20.[10] Her best bowling performance came against Lightning, where she took 3/34.[11] She played one match in 2021, scoring 19 and taking 1/41.[12] She played two matches for the side in 2022, both in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking one wicket as well as hitting 36* from 18 deliveries against Western Storm.[13][14] In February 2023, it was announced that Heap had signed her first professional contract with North West Thunder.[15] That season, she played 18 matches for the side, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with a top score of 46 against Sunrisers.[16][17][18] She was also signed by Manchester Originals for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[19]

International career

In October 2022, Heap was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[20] She was ever-present throughout the tournament, scoring 149 runs at an average of 21.28.[21] She made one half-century, scoring 64 from 35 deliveries against Rwanda.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Liberty Heap". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Player Profile: Liberty Heap". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Cumbria Women v Lincolnshire Women, 5 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Women's List A Matches played by Liberty Heap". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Liberty Heap". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Lancashire set for Vitality Women's County T20". Lancashire Cricket. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Batting and Fielding for North Representative Women's XI/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Bowling for North Representative Women's XI/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Bowling for Cumbria Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Thunder". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  11. ^ "North West Thunder v Lightning, 13 September 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Danielle Gibson fires rapid fifty to help Western Storm quell Thunder". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Heap and Smale sign professional contracts". Lancashire Cricket. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  16. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  17. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Charlotte Edwards Cup: Thunder beat Sunrisers as Liberty Heap stars". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  19. ^ "The Hundred 2023: Squads in full". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  20. ^ "England Women U19 announce squad for ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2023". England and Wales Cricket Board. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  21. ^ "Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  22. ^ "22nd Match, Group B, Potchefstroom (Uni), January 19 2023, ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup: England Women Under-19s v Rwanda Women Under-19s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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