Background
He was born in Manchester, Lancashire.
He was born in Manchester, Lancashire.
Heather is a left-handed batsman. Heather made his debut for Northumberland in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Heather played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland from 1996 to 2007, which included 53 Minor Counties Championship matches and 20 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
In 1999, he made his List A debut against Ireland in the National Westminster Trophy.
He made 4 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Middlesex in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 138 runs at a batting average of 27.60, with a high score of 79.
This came against the Northamptonshire Cricket Board in the 2000 National Westminster Trophy.