Heather Whelan

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Heather Whelan
Personal information
Full name
Heather Elizabeth Whelan
Born (1977-10-08) 8 October 1977 (age 47)
Dublin, Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Role Bowler
Relations Roger Whelan (brother)
Jill Whelan (sister)
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  37)12 December 1997 v  Denmark
Last ODI11 August 2010 v  Netherlands
T20I debut(cap  14)25 May 2009 v  Pakistan
Last T20I6 August 2009 v  Netherlands
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches394506
Runs scored10211451
Batting average 5.661.006.301.00
100s/50s0/00/00/00/0
Top score131161
Balls bowled1,847782,408126
Wickets 316466
Bowling average 38.616.6633.1512.00
5 wickets in innings 0000
10 wickets in match0000
Best bowling3/143/113/143/11
Catches/stumpings 5/–0/–5/–0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 2 June 2021

Heather Elizabeth Whelan (born 8 October 1977) is an Irish former cricketer who played as a right-arm medium-fast bowler. She appeared in 39 One Day Internationals and 4 Twenty20 Internationals for Ireland between 1997 and 2010, and captained the side between 2005 and 2010. Her siblings Roger and Jill both also represented Ireland in international cricket. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Heather Whelan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. "Heather Whelan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2021.