{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use British English|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Calum Haggett | image = | country = England | fullname = Calum John Haggett | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|10|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = Taunton, Somerset | heightft = 6 | heightinch = 3 | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = All-rounder | club1 = Somerset | year1 = 2011 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Kent | year2 = 2013–2020 | clubnumber2 = 25 | club3 = Devon | year3 = 2021 | clubnumber3 = | type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 10 April | debutyear1 = 2013 | debutfor1 = Kent | debutagainst1 = Cardiff MCCU | type2 = LA | debutdate2 = 27 May | debutyear2 = 2013 | debutfor2 = Kent | debutagainst2 = Netherlands | columns = 3 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 41 | runs1 = 926 | bat avg1 = 22.58 | 100s/50s1 = 0/2 | top score1 = 80 | deliveries1 = 5,884 | wickets1 = 89 | bowl avg1 = 33.79 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 4/15 | catches/stumpings1 = 10/– | column2 = LA | matches2 = 38 | runs2 = 337 | bat avg2 = 16.85 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 45 | deliveries2 = 1,682 | wickets2 = 47 | bowl avg2 = 35.36 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 4/59 | catches/stumpings2 = 13/– | column3 = T20 | matches3 = 35 | runs3 = 113 | bat avg3 = 18.83 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 20 | deliveries3 = 588 | wickets3 = 28 | bowl avg3 = 32.75 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 2/12 | catches/stumpings3 = 5/– | date = 12 September | year = 2020 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/413099.html CricInfo }}
'''Calum John Haggett''' (born 30 October 1990) is an English first-class cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club. An all-rounder, he bowls right-arm medium pace, and bats left-handed. He made his debut for Somerset in the 2010–11 Caribbean Twenty20 and played three T20 matches but these were the only appearances he made for Somerset. Having previously represented England U19s in their 2009 tour to Bangladesh, Haggett signed for Kent ahead of the 2013 English domestic season.
He was released by Kent at the end of the 2020 season after seven seasons with the team.<ref name=bbc7oct20>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/54458316 Calum Haggett: Kent all-rounder to leave after seven years with club], BBC Sport, 7 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.</ref>
==Life and career== Haggett was born in Taunton, England on 30 October 1990, Haggett attended Millfield, a private school in Street, Somerset. Having grown up in the village Shapwick, he first represented Somerset at Under 11 level, playing alongside future England international Jos Buttler, but for part of his time with the Somerset Academy Haggett suffered a serious a back injury which prevented him from bowling, although he held his own as a batsman.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/Haggett-seeking-recognition-T20-Somerset-debut/story-11320071-detail/story.html#axzz2Ml0iMZry |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421110254/http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/Haggett-seeking-recognition-T20-Somerset-debut/story-11320071-detail/story.html%23axzz2Ml0iMZry |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 April 2013 |title=Haggett seeking further recognition after T20 Somerset debut |publisher=The Bath Chronicle |date=5 February 2011 |access-date=6 March 2013 }}</ref> Haggett made a full recovery from this injury and signed a full contract with Somerset in the summer of 2009. That autumn he was selected to tour Bangladesh with the England Under-19 cricket team where he played one youth test and four youth ODIs, he was then named in the squad for the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand but had to withdraw from the squad,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/u19wc2010/content/story/440735.html |title=Adam Ball earns England call-up for U-19 World Cup |work=ESPNcricinfo|date=22 December 2009 |access-date=6 March 2013 }}</ref> after it was discovered that he had a potentially life-threatening heart problem which required major surgery and which sidelined him for most of the 2010 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/CALUM-S-GOT-HEART-LION/story-11307014-detail/story.html#axzz2Mm1nL4Lp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505133818/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/CALUM-S-GOT-HEART-LION/story-11307014-detail/story.html%23axzz2Mm1nL4Lp |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2013 |title=Somerset cricketer Callum Haggett battles back after open heart surgery |work=The Bristol Post|date=27 August 2010 |access-date=6 March 2013 }}</ref> Having made a full recovery Haggett was included in Somerset's squad for the 2010–11 Caribbean Twenty20, and made his debut for the county against Guyana claiming a wicket.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ct20-11/engine/match/488472.html |title=Caribbean T20 – Group A: Guyana v Somerset, 12 January 2011 |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=6 March 2013 }}</ref> Haggett played two more matches in the tournament as Somerset went out in the group stages, after failing to break into the county's first eleven Haggett left the club at the end of the 2011 English cricket season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Somerset-CCC-batsman-Alex-Barrow-makes-winter/story-14279355-detail/story.html#axzz2Mm8IrJlw |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505075846/http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Somerset-CCC-batsman-Alex-Barrow-makes-winter/story-14279355-detail/story.html%23axzz2Mm8IrJlw |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2013 |title=Somerset County Cricket Club batsman Alex Barrow makes most of winter in Australia |publisher=Western Daily Press |date=30 December 2011 |access-date=6 March 2013 }}</ref>
In March 2013, Haggett signed for Kent ahead of the 2013 English cricket season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/21677700 |title=Kent confirm signing of all-rounder Calum Haggett |publisher=BBC Sport |date=6 March 2013 |access-date=6 March 2013 }}</ref> After a season where he averaged over 35 with the bat and took 26 wickets, he signed a new contract for the 2014 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/23945637|title=Mitch Claydon and David Griffiths: Kent sign duo for 2014|publisher=BBC Sport |date=3 September 2013 |access-date=17 November 2013 }}</ref>
After playing in all of Kent's limited-overs matches during the 2018 season, Hagget signed another contract extension after the end of the season, keeping him at Kent until 2020.<ref name=ko20nov18>Fordham J (2018) [https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/sport/new-deal-for-haggett-193732/ Kent agree contract extension with Calum Haggett], ''Kent Online'', 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.</ref> He did not play at all for the county's first XI in 2019 due to injuries, but returned to the T20 team during the shortened 2020 season before being released at the end of the season.<ref name=bbc7oct20/> He played minor counties cricket for Devon County Cricket Club in 2021.<ref name=ca>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/84/84589/84589.html Calum Haggett], CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2021.</ref>
==Career Best Performances== ''Updated 8 October 2020'' {|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%" |- !rowspan="1"| !colspan="4" rowspan="1"|Batting !colspan="4" rowspan="1"|Bowling (innings) |- ! !Score !Fixture !Venue !Season !Figures !Fixture !Venue !Season |- |FC |align="center"|80 |Kent v Surrey |The Oval |align="center"|2015 |align="center"|4/15 |Kent v Derbyshire |Derby |align="center"|2016 |- |LA |align="center"|45 |Kent v Leeward islands |Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua |align="center"|2016/17 |align="center"|4/59 |Kent v Windward Islands |Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua |align="center"|2016/17 |- |T20 |align="center"|20 |Kent v Gloucestershire |Bristol |align="center"|2018 |align="center"|2/12 |Kent v Somerset |Canterbury |align="center"|2015 |}
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==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=413099}}
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