{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Russell Heap | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|12|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Leeds, Yorkshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1988–1990 | club2 = Suffolk | year2 = 1988–1989 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 20 | runs1 = 669 | bat avg1 = 20.90 | 100s/50s1 = –/2 | top score1 = 63 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 11/– | date = 13 July | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14365.html Cricinfo }}
'''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11282/11282.html |title=Player profile: Russell Heap |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-13 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11282/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Russell Heap |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-13 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 669 runs in his twenty matches, at an average of 20.90.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11282/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Russell Heap |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-13 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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.<ref>''Wisden'' 1991, pp. 606–7.</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11282/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Russell Heap |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-13 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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