Tony Piggot is no more (Photo: Steve Morton/EMPICS via Getty Images)

Tony Pigott Passes Away: Former England cricketer Tony Piggott has passed away. He was 67 years old. Piggott made his first-class debut for Sussex in 1978. His debut match was against Surrey in Hove, in which he took a brilliant hat-trick. Tony Piggott, a fast bowler, also played a match for England. He made his international debut in the Test played against New Zealand in Christchurch. Tony Piggott has taken more than 1000 wickets in his cricket career.

Played cricket for Sussex for 18 years

Tony Piggott played first class cricket for Sussex for 18 years.

Played the only international match against New Zealand

Former England pacer Tony Piggott made his international debut in 1984. In the first innings of that Test played against New Zealand in Christchurch, he took 2 wickets for 75 runs in 17 overs. Bruce Edgar of New Zealand was his first victim. The second wicket he took was that of Jeremy Corner.

How was Tony Piggott's cricket career?

Tony Piggott played the last match of his cricket career in the year 1995. After retiring from cricket, he also served as the CEO of Sussex. Talking about Piggot's cricket career, apart from scoring more than 6500 runs, he has also taken more than 1000 wickets. Piggott, who took 2 wickets in international cricket as a fast bowler, apart from taking 672 wickets in his first class career, has also taken 377 wickets in List A cricket.

Similarly, apart from scoring 12 runs in international cricket with the bat, he has scored 4841 runs in first class cricket and 1727 runs in List A. That means, overall Tony Piggot has scored 6580 runs in his cricket career.