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{{short description|Australian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Heather Graham
| female = true
| image = 2016–17 WBBL ST v PS 17-01-21 Graham (01).jpg
| caption = Graham batting for [[Perth Scorchers (WBBL)|Perth Scorchers]] during [[2016–17 Women's Big Bash League season|WBBL02]].
| country = Australia
| international = true
| full_name = Heather Louise Graham
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|5|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Subiaco, Western Australia|Subiaco]], [[Western Australia]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
| role = [[All-rounder]]

| oneodi = true
| odidebutdate = 7 October
| odidebutyear = 2019
| odidebutagainst = Sri Lanka
| odicap = 142
| lastodidate =
| lastodiyear =
| lastodiagainst =

| T20Idebutdate = 11 December
| T20Idebutyear = 2022
| T20Idebutagainst = India
| T20Icap = 59
| lastT20Idate = 19 September
| lastT20Iyear = 2024
| lastT20Iagainst = New Zealand
| T20Ishirt = 11

| club1 = [[Western Australia women's cricket team|Western Australia]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|2011/12–2019/20}}
| club2 = [[Essex Women cricket team|Essex]]
| year2 = 2014
| club3 = [[Perth Scorchers (WBBL)|Perth Scorchers]]
| year3 = {{nowrap|2015/16–2021/22}}
| club4 = [[Tasmanian Tigers (women's cricket)|Tasmania]]
| year4 = {{nowrap|2020/21–2024/25}}
| club5 = [[Trent Rockets]]
| year5 = 2021
| club6 = [[Northern Superchargers]]
| year6 = 2022–2023
| club7 = [[Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL)|Hobart Hurricanes]]
| year7 = {{nowrap|2022/23–present}}
| club8 = [[Mumbai Indians (WPL)|Mumbai Indians]]
| year8 = 2023
| club9 = [[The Blaze (women's cricket)|The Blaze]]
| year9 = 2024
| club10 = [[Western Australia women's cricket team|Western Australia]]
| year10 = {{nowrap|2025/26-present}}

| columns = 3

| column1 = [[Women's One Day International|WODI]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 4
| bat avg1 = –
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 4[[Not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 48
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 29.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/29
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| column2 = [[List A cricket|WLA]]
| matches2 = 91
| runs2 = 2,214
| bat avg2 = 26.05
| 100s/50s2 = 4/14
| top score2 = 116
| deliveries2 = 3,110
| wickets2 = 101
| bowl avg2 = 23.59
| fivefor2 = 2
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 6/39
| catches/stumpings2 = /–

| column3 = [[Women's Twenty20|WT20]]
| matches3 = 205
| runs3 = 2,463
| bat avg3 = 18.35
| 100s/50s3 = 0/4
| top score3 = 68
| deliveries3 = 2,971
| wickets3 = 171
| bowl avg3 = 20.45
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 4/8
| catches/stumpings3 = 35/–

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1165/1165067/1165067.html CricketArchive
| date = 31 December 2022
}}
'''Heather Louise Graham''' (born 10 May 1996) is an Australian [[cricket]]er who plays for [[Western Australia women's cricket team|Western Australia]] and [[Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL)|Hobart Hurricanes]].<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/546629.html |title=Heather Graham|access-date=31 January 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

== Domestic career ==
In November 2018, she was named in the [[Perth Scorchers (WBBL)|Perth Scorchers]]' squad for the [[2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/wbbl-04-all-you-need-to-know-guide-tv-schedule-squads-when-fantasy-best-players/2018-11-30 |title=WBBL04: All you need to know guide |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25412608/the-full-squads-wbbl |title=The full squads for the WBBL |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref> In April 2019, [[Cricket Australia]] awarded her with a contract with the National Performance Squad ahead of the 2019–20 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1179934.html |title=Georgia Wareham handed first full Cricket Australia contract |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1167334 |title=Georgia Wareham included in Australia's 2019-20 contracts list |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=4 April 2019}}</ref> In 2020, Graham moved to the [[Tasmanian Tigers (women's cricket)|Tasmanian Tigers]] so she could spend more time with her partner, all-rounder [[Emily Smith (cricketer)|Emily Smith]], who had moved to Tasmania in the previous season.<ref name="Middleton">{{cite news |last1=Middleton |first1=Dave |date=3 June 2020 |title=Love and opportunity lead to Tassie sea change |work=cricket.com.au |publisher=Cricket Australia |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/heather-graham-naomi-stalenberg-tasmanian-tigers-womens-team-wncl-squad/2020-06-03 |access-date=26 November 2020}}</ref>

In 2021, she was drafted by [[Trent Rockets]] for the [[2021 season of The Hundred|inaugural season]] of [[The Hundred (cricket)|The Hundred]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Hundred 2021 - full squad lists |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/54646061 |access-date=2022-03-05}}</ref> In November 2021, Graham reached 2 milestones in the [[Women's Big Bash League]], during the same game against [[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)|Sydney Sixers]], she had scored 1000 runs and taken 100 wickets in her WBBL career.

== International career ==
In August 2019, Graham was named in Australia's squad for their series [[Australian women's cricket team in the West Indies in 2019–20|against the West Indies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27443808/uncapped-heather-graham,-erin-burns-australia-squad-west-indies-tour |title=Uncapped Heather Graham, Erin Burns in Australia squad for West Indies tour |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-name-women-squad-west-indies-tour-southern-stars-meg-lanning-ellyse-perry-debutants/2019-08-23 |title=Two new faces as Aussies build for home World Cup |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref> The following month, Graham was again named in Australia's squad, this time for their series [[Sri Lanka women's cricket team in Australia in 2019–20|against Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1357470 |title=Australia name T20I and ODI squads to face Sri Lanka |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref> She made her [[Women's One Day International]] (WODI) debut for Australia, against [[Sri Lanka women's national cricket team|Sri Lanka]], on 7 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1183514.html |title=2nd ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Brisbane, Oct 7 2019 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref>

In January 2022, Graham was named in Australia's A squad for their [[English women's cricket team in Australia in 2021–22|series against England A]], with the matches being played alongside the [[The Women's Ashes|Women's Ashes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/womens-ashes-2021-22-alana-king-beats-amanda-jade-wellington-to-place-in-australia-s-ashes-squad-1296465 |title=Alana King beats Amanda-Jade Wellington to place in Australia's Ashes squad |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 January 2022}}</ref> The following month, Graham was named as a reserve in Australia's team for the [[2022 Women's Cricket World Cup]] in New Zealand, replacing [[Hannah Darlington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/hannah-darlington-withdraws-from-australia-s-world-cup-squad-1300211 |title=Hannah Darlington withdraws from Australia's World Cup squad |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 February 2022}}</ref> Graham was eventually added to Australia's squad for the World Cup as a temporary replacement for [[Ashleigh Gardner]], after Gardner gave a positive test for [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2519759 |title=Temporary replacement named for Gardner in Australia's World Cup squad |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref>

In July 2022, Graham was added to Australia's [[Women's Twenty20 International]] (WT20I) squad for the [[2022 Ireland women's Tri-Nation Series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/australia-news-jess-jonassen-to-miss-start-of-ireland-tri-series-due-to-covid-1324190 |title=Jonassen to miss start of tri-series due to Covid |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>

Graham was drafted into the Australia squad during the [[2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]] as a replacement for the injured [[Tayla Vlaeminck]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://africa.espn.com/cricket/story/_/id/41768001/womens-t20-world-cup-australia-bring-heather-graham-place-injured-tayla-vlaeminck|title=Australia bring in Heather Graham in place of the injured Tayla Vlaeminck|date=13 October 2024 |publisher=ESPN|accessdate=15 October 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.cricket.com.au/players/heather-graham/4coaYk_H7Ee-Yy5R2VUQsw Heather Graham] at [[Cricket Australia]]

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