| Nicole Harvey | |
| Female: | true |
| Fullname: | Nicole Harvey |
| Birth Date: | 18 September 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Truro, Cornwall, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm leg break |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| Club1: | Cornwall |
| Year1: | 2005–2008 |
| Club2: | Devon |
| Year2: | 2009–2010 |
| Club3: | Nottinghamshire |
| Year3: | 2011–2012 |
| Club4: | Cornwall |
| Year4: | 2013–2014 |
| Club5: | Somerset |
| Year5: | 2015–present |
| Club6: | Western Storm |
| Year6: | 2021–2023 |
| Club7: | Welsh Fire |
| Year7: | 2021–2022 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | WLA |
| Matches1: | 86 |
| Runs1: | 1,343 |
| Bat Avg1: | 23.56 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/4 |
| Top Score1: | 99 |
| Deliveries1: | 3,435 |
| Wickets1: | 108 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 17.20 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/22 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 16/– |
| Column2: | WT20 |
| Matches2: | 78 |
| Runs2: | 603 |
| Bat Avg2: | 14.38 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 46 |
| Deliveries2: | 1,507 |
| Wickets2: | 84 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 14.79 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 4/2 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 21/– |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/228/228210/228210.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 22 October |
| Year: | 2023 |
Nicole Harvey (; 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]
Harvey 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]
Harvey 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]