Nigel Briers
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| Full name | Nigel Edwin Briers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 January 1955 Southfields, Leicester, Leicestershire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nigel Edwin Briers (born 15 January 1955 in Southfields, Leicester, England) played first-class and List A cricket for Leicestershire between 1971 and 1995.
Cricket career
A right-handed opening batsman, Briers was Leicestershire's youngest-ever first-class cricketer when he made his debut at 16 in 1971, but it was for his deeds towards the end of his career that he won accolades.
The accolades, though, related not just to his longevity as batman but also to his captaincy. Appointed to succeed
Leicestershire and Briers continued to do well for the next three seasons, and Briers stepped down from the captaincy at the end of the 1995 season, intending to continue playing as a batsman for a further season at least. But a knee injury, followed by an operation, left him as a spectator as the county, under new captain James Whitaker, took their second Championship title in 1996, and he never played first-class cricket again.
Briers' highest score was 201 not out, in the second innings against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in 1983.[1] His best bowling figures were 4 for 29 against Derbyshire at Grace Road, Leicester in 1985.[2]
Personal life
Briers was educated at
He was the Director of Cricket and Director of Sport at Marlborough College. He was then Director of Sport and Director of Cricket at St Paul's School, Barnes, until his retirement in July 2021.
References
- ^ "Scorecard: Leics v Warks". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Leicestershire v Derbyshire". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Foxes Flashback - Nigel Briers". Leicestershire CCC. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
External links
- Nigel Briers at CricketArchive (subscription required) (archive)
- Nigel Briers at ESPNcricinfo
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