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Full name Aaron Keith Heal
Born March 13, 1983, Armadale, Perth, Western Australia
Current age 25 years 213 days
Major teams Western Australia
Nickname Heals
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height
1.83 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
14
19
0
287
54
15.10
450
63.77
0
2
6
0
List A
12
9
1
55
17*
6.87
94
58.51
0
0
1
0
Twenty20
7
3
2
21
12*
21.00
22
95.45
0
0
2
0
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
14
2349
1209
28
5/57
43.17
3.08
83.8
2
2
1
List A
12
642
478
14
2/18
2/18
34.14
4.46
45.8
0
0
0
Twenty20
7
7
154
179
10
2/18
2/18
17.90
6.97
15.4
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2003/04
Last First-class
New South Wales v Western Australia at Sydney, Jan 25-28, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2003/04
Last List A
Western Australia v New South Wales at Perth, Oct 8, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Tasmania v Western Australia at Hobart, Jan 7, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Western Australia v Victoria at Perth, Jan 13, 2008 scorecard
Profile
A left-arm orthodox spinner, Aaron Heal will be aiming to regain a regular place in Western Australia's Sheffield Shield side in 2008-09 with no Brad Hogg for competition. The previous summer his four outings brought only four wickets, although he was useful in the shorter formats and was the state's equal leading Twenty20 wicket-taker with nine at 17.66. In 2006-07, Heal had been an unlikely star of Western Australia's opening Pura Cup matches. It had been three years since his previous appearance for the Warriors and he claimed 15 wickets from the first two games at the traditionally pace-friendly WACA. His initial first-class ten-wicket match came in the second game against Tasmania, when he snared five in each innings. He missed the next match when Hogg returned from international duties and Heal's impact lessened as the season wore on. He finished with 22 wickets at 27.40 from eight games and also chipped in with two half-centuries, but was only used in one FR Cup match and one Twenty20 fixture as Hogg was preferred. However, 2006-07 was undoubtedly a breakthrough year for Heal, who benefited from Beau Casson's move to New South Wales, and he earned a return to the Academy in 2007. Heal should have a good idea of how to extract the most from pitches, as he works as a groundsman in Perth.
Brydon Coverdale September 2008
