Nicole Harvey (née Richards; born 18 September 1992) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset. She plays primarily as a right-arm leg break bowler, whilst also batting right-handed. She has previously played for Cornwall, Devon, Nottinghamshire, Western Storm and Welsh Fire.[1][2]
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Full name | Nicole Harvey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Truro, Cornwall, England | 18 September 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2008 | Cornwall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Devon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Cornwall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–present | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 22 October 2023 |
Early and personal life
editHarvey was born Nicole Richards on 18 September 1992 in Truro, Cornwall. Her mother, Marilyn Richards, also played for Cornwall, in 2008 and 2009.[2] In 2020, whilst pregnant with her first child, Harvey was diagnosed with sepsis, but later recovered and gave birth in late 2020.[3]
Domestic career
editHarvey made her county debut in 2005, for Cornwall against Devon in the County Challenge Cup, in which she hit 16* in an 8 wicket victory.[4] Harvey went on to play for Cornwall until the end of the 2008 season, and was the side's leading wicket-taker in the 2008 Women's County Championship, with 9 wickets at an average of 7.00, including a best bowling of 4/30.[5]
Ahead of the 2009 season, Harvey moved to play for Devon. She spent two seasons with the side, taking 17 Championship wickets (9 in 2009 and 8 in 2010), as well as scoring 218 runs in the 2010 Championship, including scoring 70 against Wales.[6][7][8][9] The following season, 2011, Harvey moved to Nottinghamshire. Her best performances for the side came that season in the Championship, where she took 9 wickets, including a best bowling of 4/25.[10]
Ahead of the 2013 season, Harvey moved back to Cornwall. She had a successful two-year stay with the side, as their leading wicket-taker in the 2013 Women's County Championship and the 2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and their leading run-scorer in the 2014 Women's County Championship.[11][12][13]
In 2015, Harvey moved to Somerset. In 2016, she was the leading wicket-taker across the whole Twenty20 Cup, with 15 wickets at an average of 6.53, helping Somerset to promotion from Division 2.[14] The following season, she was Somerset's leading wicket-taker in the 2017 Women's County Championship, with 14 wickets including her maiden five-wicket haul, 5/22 against Surrey.[15][16] She was also Somerset's joint-leading wicket taker in the following Championship season, with 11 wickets at an average of 15.72.[17]
2019 was a strong season for Harvey: she made her List A high score, making 99* against Durham, took the joint-second highest wicket tally in the Championship, with 14 wickets, and was Somerset's leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup, with 12 wickets.[18][19][20] In 2021, Harvey helped Somerset to winning the West Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and took 4/2 from 4 overs in a match against Berkshire.[21] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she played four matches, scoring 83 runs and taking four wickets.[22][23]
In 2021, Harvey was selected in the Western Storm squad for their upcoming season.[24] She made her debut for the side on 29 May, against North West Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[25] She went on to take 6 wickets in the tournament, at an average of 29.83.[26] She was also Western Storm's leading wicket-taker, and the fourth-highest across the whole competition, in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 12 wickets at an average of 9.41 and an economy of 4.70.[27] She also played for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, taking 4 wickets with the best runs per ball rate for her side, at 1.17.[28] She played just one match for Western Storm in 2022, in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. She was again in the Welsh Fire squad, but did not play a match for the side.[29] In 2023, she played five matches for Western Storm, all in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking three wickets.[30]
References
edit- ^ "Player Profile: Nicole Harvey". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Nicole Richards". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Nicole Harvey: An Inspirational Story". Western Storm. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Cornwall Women v Devon Women, 29 May 2005". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Cornwall Women/LV Women's County Championship 2008". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Devon Women/LV Women's County Championship 2009". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Devon Women/LV Women's County Championship 2010". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Devon Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2010". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Devon Women v Wales Women, 23 May 2010". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Nottinghamshire Women/LV Women's County Championship 2011". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Cornwall Women/LV Women's County Championship 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Cornwall Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Cornwall Women/ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Somerset Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Somerset Women v Surrey Women, 27 August 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Somerset Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Somerset Women v Durham Women, 6 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowling in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Somerset Women v Berkshire Women, 9 May 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Bowling for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Sophie introduces you to the 2021 squad". Western Storm. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Western Storm v North West Thunder, Bristol, May 29 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021/Most Wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Welsh Fire (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
External links
edit- Nicole Harvey at ESPNcricinfo
- Nicole Harvey at CricketArchive (subscription required)