Matthew Higginbottom (born 20 October 1990) is an English cricketer.
Higginbottom is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast.
He was born at Stockport, Greater Manchester.
Higginbottom was educated at New Mills School Business & Enterprise College, before studying Sport and Business Management at Leeds Metropolitan University.
While attending the university, he was selected to play for Leeds/Bradford MCCU, making his first-class debut in the team's inaugural first-class match against Surrey at The Oval in 2012.
He made a second first-class appearance for the team in that same season against Yorkshire at Headingley.
He signed a summer–long contract with Derbyshire for the 2012 season.