Ken Higgs Cricketer

For the American basketball player, see Kenny Higgs. Ken Higgs Personal information Full name Kenneth Higgs Born (1937-01-14) 14 January 1937 (age 75)Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England Batting style Left-handed batsman (LHB) Bowling style Right arm fast medium (RFM); right arm medium (RM) International information National side English Career statistics Tests First-class 15 511 185 3,648 11.56 11.29 –/1 –/3 63 98 4,112 89,431 71 1,536 20.74 23.61 2 50 – 5 6/91 7/19 4/– 311/– Source: [http://www. cricketarchive. co. uk/Archive/Players/1/1275/1275. html], Ken(neth) Higgs 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".