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Marc Higginson

Manchester

Cricket Lead Journalist at BBC Sport

Cricket lead for the BBC Sport website. DMs open for story ideas and features

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  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Marc Higginson

    Kevin de Bruyne is, to a generation of City fans, their Colin Bell. A man who had it all – just, as we were told, Bell did in the last great City team of the 60s and 70s. With Yaya Toure-like lung-busting runs from midfield, the vision and grace of David Silva, the leadership attributes of Vincent Kompany and the goalscoring nous of Erling Haaland, De Bruyne took the best of the club's modern-day legends and rolled them into one Rolls Royce of a player.

  • 2 months ago | bbc.com | Marc Higginson

    Image source, BBC SportImage caption, Adil Rashid has taken a total of 403 wickets from 289 international matches across all formatsBBC Sport Senior JournalistWhen England dominated cricket's white-ball world for the best part of seven years, winning both the 50-over and T20 World Cups, one man was a constant: Adil Rashid. In fact, such was Rashid's importance to Eoin Morgan's white-ball wonders, he was probably the first name on the teamsheet.

  • 2 months ago | msn.com | Marc Higginson

  • 2 months ago | msn.com | Marc Higginson

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  • 2 months ago | bbc.com | Marc Higginson

    Image caption, Australia completed a 16-0 clean sweep for the first time in Ashes historyBBC Sport senior journalistAustralian cricket never misses a chance to kick England while they're down. After a 16-0 Ashes clean sweep was sealed, journalist Gideon Haigh said they were the "worst team to play a Test match at the MCG". Harsh? Yes. Fair? Let's find out. But first this illustrates how far England have fallen behind Australia in the points-based era of the Women's Ashes...

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Marc Higginson
Marc Higginson @marchigginson
31 Dec 23

Anyone else treat the hour before going 'out out' like you're going out to bat - padded up far too early, visualising the innings ahead and walking out the door with a nod to the dog that you'll be back in a minute. Just me then?

Marc Higginson
Marc Higginson @marchigginson
8 Nov 23

My Mum moved house recently and her loft was full of all my 90s football and cricket memorabilia, including this little pin badge commemorating the 1999 CWC. That one went well too... https://t.co/qv4Z2q6W2b

Marc Higginson
Marc Higginson @marchigginson
6 Nov 23

No way should Mathews have been given out - he wasn't trying to gain an advantage. 88% agree with me, it seems: https://t.co/sT44qkATlU