Lucy Higham

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Lucy Higham
Personal information
Full nameLucy Florence Higham
Born (1997-10-17) 17 October 1997 (age 23)
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–2016Leicestershire
2017–presentNottinghamshire
2017–2019Loughborough Lightning
2020–presentLightning
2021–presentTrent Rockets
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 57 63
Runs scored 623 550
Batting average 13.84 15.71
100s/50s 0/2 0/0
Top score 74 43*
Balls bowled 623 876
Wickets 69 42
Bowling average 20.72 28.66
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 4/46 4/16
Catches/stumpings 21/– 17/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 March 2021

Lucy Florence Higham (born 17 October 1997) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Nottinghamshire, Lightning and Trent Rockets. She plays primarily as a right-arm off break bowler. She has previously played for Leicestershire, as well as for Loughborough Lightning in the Women's Cricket Super League.[1][2]

Early life[]

Higham was born on 17 October 1997 in Leicester.[2] She attended Loughborough University.[3]

Domestic career[]

Higham made her county debut in 2013, for Leicestershire in a match against Scotland. She did not bat or bowl.[4] She went on to take seven wickets at an average of 14.28 in her first County Championship season.[5] She soon became one of Leicestershire's top performers, and was their leading wicket-taker in the 2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup, the 2015 Women's County Championship and the 2016 Women's County Championship.[6][7][8] She also hit her List A high score in the 2015 Championship, scoring 74 in a victory over Northamptonshire.[9]

In 2017, Higham joined Nottinghamshire. She was part of the side that won Division 2 of the 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and her best season came in 2018, where she took 8 wickets in the County Championship and 9 wickets (including her T20 best of 4/16) in the Twenty20 Cup.[10][11] In 2019, she captained Nottinghamshire in the Twenty20 Cup.[12]

Higham was also part of Loughborough Lightning's squad in the Women's Cricket Super League from 2017 to 2019. She was part of the side that reached the final in 2018, and took 1/2 in a match that season, dismissing Chamari Atapattu of Yorkshire Diamonds.[12][13]

In 2020, Higham played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She took 8 wickets at an average of 24.37, the second best wicket return in the team.[14] In December 2020, it was announced that Higham was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[15] She has also signed to play for Trent Rockets in The Hundred.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Lucy Higham". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Player Profile: Lucy Higham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Lucy Higham". Loughborough University. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Leicestershire Women v Scotland Women, 5 May 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Bowling for Leicestershire Women/LV Women's County Championship 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Bowling for Leicestershire Women/ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Bowling for Leicestershire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Bowling for Leicestershire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Northamptonshire Women v Leicestershire Women, 24 May 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Bowling for Leicestershire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Bowling for Leicestershire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b "Women's Twenty20 Matches Played by Lucy Higham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Loughborough Lightning v Yorkshire Diamonds, 31 July 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy/Lightning Bowling". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". ESPN England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  16. ^ "The Hundred squads 2021: Full men's and women's player lists". The Cricketer. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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