Ken Higgs

Ken Higgs
Personal information
Full name
Kenneth Higgs
Born(1937-01-14)14 January 1937[1]
Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England
Died7 September 2016(2016-09-07) (aged 79)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut26 August 1965 v South Africa
Last Test11 June 1968 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class LA
Matches 15 511 246
Runs scored 185 3,648 300
Batting average 11.56 11.29 10.34
100s/50s 0/1 0/3 0/0
Top score 63 98 25
Balls bowled 4,112 89,431 12,017
Wickets 71 1,536 355
Bowling average 20.74 23.61 18.96
5 wickets in innings 2 50 4
10 wickets in match 0 5 0
Best bowling 6/91 7/19 6/17
Catches/stumpings 4/– 311/– 84/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 December 2021

Kenneth Higgs (14 January 1937 – 7 September 2016)[2] was an English fast-medium bowler, who was most successful as the opening partner to Brian Statham with Lancashire in the 1960s. He later played with success for Leicestershire.

Cricket writer Colin Bateman noted, "Higgs was a fine medium-fast bowler with an impressive pedigree, who suddenly went out of fashion with the selectors after one Test of the 1968 Ashes series".[1]

  1. ^ a b Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 90. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
  2. ^ "Ken Higgs dies aged 79". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2016.