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The Greatest XI: No.9 – Leicestershire

James Whitaker, the Foxes’ two-time Championship-winning skipper, selects his team of Leicestershire all-timers

1. LES BERRY

605 matches (in first-class cricket for Leicestershire, 1924-51), 30,143 runs at 30.32, 45 hundreds, 148 fifties

As Leicestershire’s leading run-scorer and hundred-maker, Les Berry is a big part of the club’s history. He taught me to play cricket while he was coach at Uppingham School. He would arrive immaculately dressed in pristine whites with his Leicester jumper on. He was very disciplined and keen for us to learn the basics of the game. He just set a great exam...

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