Lucy Higham
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Full name | Lucy Florence Higham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Leicester, Leicestershire, England | 17 October 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Loughborough Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | The Blaze | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Trent Rockets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Northern Superchargers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 17 October 2023 |
Lucy Florence Higham (born 17 October 1997) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Nottinghamshire, The Blaze and Northern Superchargers. 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 and Trent Rockets in The Hundred.[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] She played just one match for the side in 2021.[13] She took four wickets in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, as well as scoring her maiden Twenty20 half-century, 53 against Lancashire.[14][15]
Higham was also part of
In 2020, Higham played for
References
- ^ "Player Profile: Lucy Higham". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Lucy Higham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Lucy Higham". Loughborough University. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Leicestershire Women v Scotland Women, 5 May 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Leicestershire Women/LV Women's County Championship 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Leicestershire Women/ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Leicestershire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Leicestershire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Northamptonshire Women v Leicestershire Women, 24 May 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Leicestershire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Leicestershire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Women's Twenty20 Matches Played by Lucy Higham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Nottinghamshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Nottinghamshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Lancashire Women v Nottinghamshire Women, 8 May 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Loughborough Lightning v Yorkshire Diamonds, 31 July 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy/Lightning Bowling". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Tammy Beaumont, Kathryn Bryce set Lightning up for big win over Thunder". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Trent Rockets (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2022 - Northern Superchargers (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Lucy Higham's high-five delivers debut glory for The Blaze". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "The Blaze v Central Sparks, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - The Blaze/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - The Blaze/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2023 - Northern Superchargers (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
External links
- Lucy Higham at ESPNcricinfo
- Lucy Higham at CricketArchive (subscription required)