Lucy Higham

Higham is one of Lightning's key allrounders, bowling right-arm off spin and batting in the middle order

The Cricketer | 01/04/2023 at 16:32

Date of birth: October 17, 1997

Role: Right-hand middle order bat, right-arm spin

Lucy Higham is one of Lightning's key allrounders, bowling right-arm off spin and batting in the middle order.

She played for Loughborough Lightning in the Kia Super League from 2017 before joining the newly-formed Lightning in 2020.

She is regarded as one of the best fielders on the domestic circuit and valued by her teammates for her game experience and level headedness.

After contributing 42 runs and eight wickets in the 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, she added a further 101 runs and five wickets the following season as well as 29 runs and two wickets in four Charlotte Edwards Cup outings. She also represented Trent Rockets during the inaugural season of The Hundred.

Higham took eight wickets and scored 109 runs in six matches in last year's Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy while in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, she scored 51 runs and took four wickets.