Russell Heap
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| Full name | Russell Heap | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 December 1968 Leeds, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Suffolk | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Russell Heap (born 6 December 1968) is an English former first-class cricketer.
Heap was born at Leeds and was educated at Ipswich School, before going up to Magdalene College, Cambridge.[1] While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Essex at Fenner's in 1988. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1990, making a further nineteen appearances.[2] He scored 669 runs in his twenty matches, at an average of 20.90.[3]
Heap made his highest first-class score of 63 in the first innings of Cambridge's victory over Sussex in 1990, and in the second innings he hit a six to win the match. It was Cambridge's first victory over a county side for eight years.[4] In addition to playing first-class cricket, Heap also played minor counties cricket for Suffolk in 1988 and 1989, making four appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player profile: Russell Heap". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Russell Heap". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Russell Heap". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ Wisden 1991, pp. 606–7.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Russell Heap". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2019.