England Cricketer Tony Pigott Passes Away: Former England cricketer Tony Piggott has died at the age of 67. In the year 1978, Tony Piggott made his first class debut for Sussex. Piggott’s debut was against Surrey, in which he took a brilliant hat-trick. Tony Piggott played only one international match for England. He made his international debut in the Test played against New Zealand in Christchurch. After this Piggott did not get a chance to play for England again. Although, Piggot took more than 1000 wickets in his cricket career and his cricket career was two decades long.

Tony Piggott played cricket for Sussex for 18 years

Former fast bowler Tony Piggott played first class cricket for Sussex for 18 years. He left Sussex in 1994 and started playing first class cricket for Surrey. However, due to several back injuries, he could not play much for this county team and was forced to retire.

Played the only international match against New Zealand

Former England fast bowler Tony Piggott made his international debut in the year 1984. In the first innings of that Test played against New Zealand in Christchurch, he took 2 wickets for 75 runs in 17 overs. New Zealand’s Bruce Edgar was his first victim, while the second wicket he took was that of Jeremy Corner. In Piggott’s debut Test, England had to face defeat by an innings and 132 runs.

How was Tony Piggott’s cricket career?

In the year 1995, Tony Piggott played the last match of his cricket career. After retiring from cricket, he also served as the CEO of Sussex. If we talk about Piggot’s cricket career, apart from scoring more than 6,500 runs, he also took more than 1000 wickets in his name. Piggott, who took 2 wickets in international cricket as a fast bowler, besides taking 672 wickets in his first class career, was successful in taking 377 wickets in List A cricket. Combining these two formats, he took a total of 1,051 wickets.