Nigel Briers

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Nigel Briers
Personal information
Full name
Nigel Edwin Briers
Born (1955-01-15) 15 January 1955 (age 67)
Southfields, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-pace
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches381338
Runs scored18,7268,216
Batting average 33.0227.66
100s/50s31/956/40
Top score201* 119*
Balls bowled2047896
Wickets 3219
Bowling average 30.8738.15
5 wickets in innings 00
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling4/293/29
Catches/stumpings 152/–96/–
Source: CricInfo, 18 September 2013

Nigel Edwin Briers (born 15 January 1955 in Southfields, Leicester, England) played first-class and List A cricket for Leicestershire between 1971 and 1995.

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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 David Gower in charge of an under-achieving team in 1990, Briers brought a touch of school-masterly discipline to the team that paid off in terms of results and earned the loyal respect of his team. In 1992, though finishing only halfway up the County Championship table, Leicestershire spent much of the summer challenging for the leadership, and also went to their first-ever Gillette Cup final, the last of the 17 counties that were first-class when the competition started in 1963 to make an appearance in the final. Briers was rewarded by being named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the 1993 edition of the almanack.

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 Lutterworth Grammar School and at Borough Road College in London, where he studied teaching. [3]

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.

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References

  1. "Scorecard: Leics v Warks". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  2. "Leicestershire v Derbyshire". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. "Foxes Flashback - Nigel Briers". Leicestershire CCC. Retrieved 21 November 2022.