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Full name James Donald Higgs
Born July 11, 1950, Kyabram, Victoria
Current age 58 years 56 days
Major teams Australia,Victoria
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Other Coach
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
22
36
16
111
16
5.55
0
0
6
0
3
0
First-class
122
131
60
384
21
5.40
0
0
43
0
List A
9
2
1
3
2*
3.00
0
0
0
0
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
22
36
4752
2057
66
7/143
8/190
31.16
2.59
72.0
5
2
0
First-class
122
24837
11838
399
8/66
29.66
2.85
62.2
19
3
List A
9
488
300
12
3/25
3/25
25.00
3.68
40.6
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v Australia at Port of Spain, Mar 3-5, 1978 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v India at Melbourne, Feb 7-11, 1981 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1970/71 - 1982/83
List A span
1971/72 - 1981/82
Profile
With plenty of what Shane Warne calls "rip", and a good wrong'un, Jim Higgs was Australia's best legspinner between Richie Benaud and Warne. His misfortune was to play at a time when wrist-spin was nearly extinct, thought to be the preserve only of the eccentric and the profligate, and so to find selectors and captains with little empathy with his guiles. He was chiefly and unfairly known in his time for having been bowled by the only ball he faced on the 1975 tour of England. He did bowl Victoria to a Sheffield Shield, later became a Test selector, and also taught the young Warne how to bowl a flipper.
Gideon Haigh
