Promising wicketkeeper-batsman who gave an impressive first-team debut for the County in the Twenty20 Floodlit Cup against Derbyshire in August 2007. Wheater claimed three catches, a stumping and also effected a run out before hitting 39 off 17 balls to see his side to victory. Part of the ECB’s wicketkeeping skills set during the winter before joining up with the Essex first-team on their pre-season tour to the United Arab Emirates in March. In the first year of a two-year Academy-Professional contract.