Liberty Heap

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]

Liberty Heap
Personal information
Full name
Liberty Nicole Heap
Born (2003-09-16) 16 September 2003
Burnley, Lancashire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019Cumbria
2020–presentLancashire
2020–presentNorth West Thunder
2021North Representative XI
2022Cumbria
2023–presentManchester Originals
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 18 20
Runs scored 186 264
Batting average 12.40 15.52
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 36* 46
Balls bowled 336 85
Wickets 15 3
Bowling average 17.20 32.66
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/34 2/17
Catches/stumpings 3/– 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 16 October 2023

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. "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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