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Full name | Liberty Nicole Heap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Burnley, Lancashire, England | 16 September 2003|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Cumbria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | North West Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | North Representative XI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Cumbria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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 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]