Nicole Harvey

Nicole Harvey (née Richards; born 18 September 1992) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset and Western Storm. She plays primarily as a right-arm leg break bowler, whilst also batting right-handed. She has previously played for Cornwall, Devon, Nottinghamshire and Welsh Fire.[1][2]

Nicole Harvey
Personal information
Full name
Nicole Harvey
Born (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992
Truro, Cornwall, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005–2008Cornwall
2009–2010Devon
2011–2012Nottinghamshire
2013–2014Cornwall
2015–presentSomerset
2021–presentWestern Storm
2021–2022Welsh Fire
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 86 78
Runs scored 1,343 603
Batting average 23.56 14.38
100s/50s 0/4 0/0
Top score 99* 46
Balls bowled 3,435 1,507
Wickets 108 84
Bowling average 17.20 14.79
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/22 4/2
Catches/stumpings 16/– 21/–
Source: CricketArchive, 22 October 2023

Early and personal life

Harvey was born Nicole Richards on 18 September 1992 in Truro, Cornwall. Her mother, Marilyn Richards, also played for Cornwall, in 2008 and 2009.[2] In 2020, whilst pregnant with her first child, Harvey was diagnosed with sepsis, but later recovered and gave birth in late 2020.[3]

Domestic career

Harvey made her county debut in 2005, for Cornwall against Devon in the County Challenge Cup, in which she hit 16* in an 8 wicket victory.[4] Harvey went on to play for Cornwall until the end of the 2008 season, and was the side's leading wicket-taker in the 2008 Women's County Championship, with 9 wickets at an average of 7.00, including a best bowling of 4/30.[5]

Ahead of the 2009 season, Harvey moved to play for Devon. She spent two seasons with the side, taking 17 Championship wickets (9 in 2009 and 8 in 2010), as well as scoring 218 runs in the 2010 Championship, including scoring 70 against Wales.[6][7][8][9] The following season, 2011, Harvey moved to Nottinghamshire. Her best performances for the side came that season in the Championship, where she took 9 wickets, including a best bowling of 4/25.[10]

Ahead of the 2013 season, Harvey moved back to Cornwall. She had a successful two-year stay with the side, as their leading wicket-taker in the 2013 Women's County Championship and the 2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and their leading run-scorer in the 2014 Women's County Championship.[11][12][13]

In 2015, Harvey moved to Somerset. In 2016, she was the leading wicket-taker across the whole Twenty20 Cup, with 15 wickets at an average of 6.53, helping Somerset to promotion from Division 2.[14] The following season, she was Somerset's leading wicket-taker in the 2017 Women's County Championship, with 14 wickets including her maiden five-wicket haul, 5/22 against Surrey.[15][16] She was also Somerset's joint-leading wicket taker in the following Championship season, with 11 wickets at an average of 15.72.[17]

2019 was a strong season for Harvey: she made her List A high score, making 99* against Durham, took the joint-second highest wicket tally in the Championship, with 14 wickets, and was Somerset's leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup, with 12 wickets.[18][19][20] In 2021, Harvey helped Somerset to winning the West Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and took 4/2 from 4 overs in a match against Berkshire.[21] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she played four matches, scoring 83 runs and taking four wickets.[22][23]

In 2021, Harvey was selected in the Western Storm squad for their upcoming season.[24] She made her debut for the side on 29 May, against North West Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[25] She went on to take 6 wickets in the tournament, at an average of 29.83.[26] She was also Western Storm's leading wicket-taker, and the fourth-highest across the whole competition, in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 12 wickets at an average of 9.41 and an economy of 4.70.[27] She also played for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, taking 4 wickets with the best runs per ball rate for her side, at 1.17.[28] She played just one match for Western Storm in 2022, in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. She was again in the Welsh Fire squad, but did not play a match for the side.[29] In 2023, she played five matches for Western Storm, all in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking three wickets.[30]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Nicole Harvey". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. "Player Profile: Nicole Richards". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. "Nicole Harvey: An Inspirational Story". Western Storm. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. "Cornwall Women v Devon Women, 29 May 2005". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  5. "Bowling for Cornwall Women/LV Women's County Championship 2008". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  6. "Bowling for Devon Women/LV Women's County Championship 2009". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  7. "Bowling for Devon Women/LV Women's County Championship 2010". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  8. "Batting and Fielding for Devon Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2010". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  9. "Devon Women v Wales Women, 23 May 2010". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  10. "Bowling for Nottinghamshire Women/LV Women's County Championship 2011". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  11. "Bowling for Cornwall Women/LV Women's County Championship 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  12. "Batting and Fielding for Cornwall Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  13. "Bowling for Cornwall Women/ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  14. "Bowling for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  15. "Bowling for Somerset Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  16. "Somerset Women v Surrey Women, 27 August 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  17. "Bowling for Somerset Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  18. "Somerset Women v Durham Women, 6 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  19. "Bowling in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  20. "Bowling for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  21. "Somerset Women v Berkshire Women, 9 May 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  22. "Batting and Fielding for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  23. "Bowling for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  24. "Sophie introduces you to the 2021 squad". Western Storm. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  25. "Western Storm v North West Thunder, Bristol, May 29 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  26. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  27. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021/Most Wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  28. "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Welsh Fire (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  29. "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  30. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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