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| Full name | Liberty Nicole Heap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 September 2003 Burnley, Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Cumbria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–present | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | North West Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | North Representative XI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Cumbria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,17 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty Nicole Heap (born 16 September 2003) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire and Manchester Originals. An all-rounder,she is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She previously played for Cumbria,North Representative XI and North West Thunder. [1] [2]
Heap was born on 16 September 2003 in Burnley,Lancashire. [2]
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] In 2024,she played five matches for North West Thunder,all in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. [20] [21]
In October 2022,Heap was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. [22] She was ever-present throughout the tournament,scoring 149 runs at an average of 21.28. [23] She made one half-century,scoring 64 from 35 deliveries against Rwanda. [24]