Matthew Higginbottom (born 20 October 1990) is an English cricketer. Higginbottom is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Stockport, Greater Manchester.
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| Full name | Matthew Higginbottom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1990-10-20) 20 October 1990 (age 31) Stockport, Greater Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Higgy[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Leeds/Bradford MCCU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 July 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Higginbottom was educated at New Mills School Business & Enterprise College, before studying Sport and Business Management at Leeds Metropolitan University.[1] While attending the university, he was selected to play for Leeds/Bradford MCCU, making his first-class debut in the team's inaugural first-class match against Surrey at The Oval in 2012. He made a second first-class appearance for the team in that same season against Yorkshire at Headingley.[2] He signed a summer–long contract with Derbyshire for the 2012 season.[3]