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.
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".
He took 8 for 143 against a formidable South African batting line-up and was selected for MCC tour of Australia in 1965-66, where he had a modest time but took 17 wickets (9.24) in three Tests in New Zealand.
At the Oval, Higgs, only a tail-end left-hand batsman, made 63, then his highest first-class score and helped England recover from 166 for 7 to 527 all out.
After two years in the Lancashire League, the Leicestershire captain, Ray Illingworth, called Higgs out of first-class cricket retirement because of Graham McKenzie's expected unavailability with the 1972 Australians.
In one-day cricket, Higgs played in Leicestershire's 1972 and 1975 successes in the Benson & Hedges Cup, also taking a hat-trick in the unsuccessful 1974 final.
Higgs was one of ten members of Leicestershire's first County Championship-winning team in 1975, and he had a road named after him by the city council in Leicester.
Chris Balderstone, Peter Booth, Brian Davison, Barry Dudleston, David Humphries, Ray Illingworth, Norman McVicker, John Steele and Roger Tolchard were the others.