Ex-Yorkshire batsman Ted Lester dies, aged 92

Former Yorkshire batsman Ted Lester has died at the age of 92.

Lester scored more than 10,000 first-class runs in 232 matches between 1945 and 1956 for his county.

A statement on the club website read: "Ted Lester, the doyen of Yorkshire County Cricket Club's capped players, died yesterday (Monday), at the age of 92.

"Ted died in his home town of Scarborough where he had lived all his life."

In 1947, Lester finished third in the national averages behind only Middlesex and England pair Denis Compton and Bill Edrich.