"I'm the last person, I'd have thought, who would be given an MBE, " he continued.
However, Higgins insisted the MBE was no indication he was in the twilight of his career.
But Caborn joked: "If Shane Warne wants an MBE, he can give me a call!"
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Edward Wilson was made MBE for three decades as a street sweeper in London's West End.
Ian Wright, the former England and Arsenal striker - now with Celtic - gets an MBE.
Actress and campaigner, April Ashley, 77, will become an MBE for services to transgender equality.
Ian Dowling, who lives in Bury St Edmunds, was appointed MBE for political service.
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Jurat Mike Tanguy has been appointed MBE for his roles in several Guernsey charities.
Paralympic gold medal swimmer Jonathan Fox, from St Stephen-in-Brannel, near St Austell, also becomes an MBE.
Ann Cable, 59, has been made an MBE for her voluntary service to St John Ambulance.
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The first British woman to win the Olympic 400m, Christine Ohuruogu, becomes an MBE.
Equestrian Mary King, who this year represented Britain in her sixth Olympics, was also appointed MBE.
Bedworth-based Sheila Carey has also been appointed MBE for her services to disability athletics.
Sir Cyril was made an MBE for his public services in 1966 and was knighted in 1988.
Maj Martin Hedley, 32, originally from Gateshead, received an MBE for his actions in protecting the children.
In 2004, Mr Dibnah intended to drive the locomotive to Buckingham Palace to pick up his MBE.
He is made an MBE for his charity work, especially for the Foundation for Children with Leukaemia.
He was made an MBE last year and received an honorary fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University.
In 1968 he was awarded the MBE and he died in 2000 at the age of 61.
Dr Christopher Upton, co-founder of the Poole branch of Diabetes UK, was also among those appointed MBE.
Away from sport, former retained firefighter David Beardsall has been appointed MBE for services to local government.
She said she was being appointed an MBE "on behalf of all the unpaid carers on Jersey".
Six years later, he received an honorary degree from the same university and was awarded the MBE.
Phillip Shepherd, 61, from Treorchy in Rhondda, received an MBE for services to forestry and archaeology in Wales.
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Alan Horsfield, a stonemason at St Paul's, is appointed MBE, as is Kiss 100's reggae DJ David Rodigan.
The 28-year-old, who was awarded the MBE in 2007, was given the honour by Liverpool John Moores University.
Director of Student Services at Manchester Metropolitan University, Sheila Aynsley-Smith, becomes an MBE for services to higher education.
Also appointed MBE is special constable John Tupman for services to policing and to the community in Marlborough.
Former captain Lawrence Dallaglio, who has retired from international rugby, said he felt tremendously proud to receive his MBE.
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Mr Maurice Blake, from Addlestone in Surrey, received an MBE for his services to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
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