Thomas Benjamin Huggins (born 6 March 1983) is an English cricketer. Huggins is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and educated at Kimbolton School.

Tom Huggins
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Benjamin Huggins
Born (1983-03-06) 6 March 1983 (age 41)
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006–presentSuffolk
2003–2005Northamptonshire
2001Cambridgeshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 11 7 6
Runs scored 403 51 25
Batting average 26.86 8.50 25.00
100s/50s –/2 –/– –/–
Top score 82* 16 19
Balls bowled 12
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 4/– –/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 September 2010

Huggins made his debut in List-A cricket for Cambridgeshire against the Warwickshire Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. He also played a single Minor Counties Championship match for the county against Staffordshire.

Huggins made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against Cambridge University in 2003. His first-class debut for the county came in the 2004 County Championship against Lancashire. From 2003 to 2005, he represented the county in 11 first-class matches, the last of which came against the touring Bangladeshis.[1] In his 11 first-class matches he scored 403 runs at a batting average of 26.86, with 2 half centuries and a high score of 82*. In the field he took 4 catches.[2]

In 2004, he made his Northamptonshire List-A debut against the touring Essex in the totesport League. From 2004 to 2005, he represented the county in 6 List-A matches, the last of which came against Gloucestershire in the 2005 totesport League.[3] In the 7 List-A matches he played, he scored 51 runs at an average of 8.50, with a high score of 16.

During the 2005 season he made his Twenty20 debut for the county against Gloucestershire in the 2005 Twenty20 Cup. During the 2005 Twenty20 Cup he played a further 5 Twenty20 matches, the last of which came against Warwickshire.[4] In his 6 Twenty20 matches, he scored 25 runs at an average of 25.00, with a high score of 19. In the field he took 2 catches.[5]

In 2006, he joined Suffolk, where he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Norfolk. From 2006 to present, he has represented the county in 28 Championship matches.[6] He has also played MCCA Knockout Trophy matches for Suffolk. His debut in that competition for Suffolk came against Bedfordshire in the 2006 MCCA Knockout Trophy. From 2006 to present, he has represented the county in 19 Trophy matches.[7]

He was appointed Essex Graham Gooch Academy Player's Pathway Manager in 2016.[8]

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