# Russell Heap

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{{short description|English cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
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|             country = England
|            fullname =	Russell Heap
|          birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|12|6|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [Leeds](/source/Leeds), [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire), England
|          death_date = 
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|             batting = Right-handed
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|                role = 
|               club1 = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1988–1990
|               club2 = [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year2 = 1988–1989
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            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](/source/English_people) former first-class [cricket](/source/cricket)er.

Heap was born at [Leeds](/source/Leeds) and was educated at [Ipswich School](/source/Ipswich_School), before going up to [Magdalene College, Cambridge](/source/Magdalene_College%2C_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](/source/first-class_cricket) for [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) against [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club) at [Fenner's](/source/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](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) 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](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club) in 1990, and in the second innings he hit a [six](/source/Six_(cricket)) to win the match. It was Cambridge's first victory over a county side for eight years.<ref>''[Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)'' 1991, pp. 606–7.</ref> In addition to playing first-class cricket, Heap also played [minor counties cricket](/source/Minor_Counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) for [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk_County_Cricket_Club) in 1988 and 1989, making four appearances in the [Minor Counties Championship](/source/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>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=14365}}

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Category:1968 births
Category:Living people
Category:Cricketers from Leeds
Category:People educated at Ipswich School
Category:Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Category:English cricketers
Category:Cambridge University cricketers
Category:Suffolk cricketers
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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