In 1966, against the West Indies, Higgs established himself as England's first-choice opening bowler with
24 wickets for under 26 runs. At the Oval Higgs, only a tail-end
left-hand batsman, made 63, then his highest first-class score and helped
England effect a recovery from 166 for 7 to 529 all out. His partnership
with John Snow for the tenth wicket of 128, is a record for
England at home.It
also remains as the all-time Test match record partnership between batsmen 10
and 1.
