Cross also represented
Leicestershire as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler between 1961 and 1977. In 83
first-class matches, he scored 2,079 runs (average 18.39), highest score 78 with eight fifties and 61 catches. He took 92 wickets (average 29.95), best bowling 4/28. In 51
List A matches, he scored 701 runs (average 20.61), highest score 57
not out with three fifties and 17 catches. He took 63 wickets (average 20.23), best bowling 4/11. Appearing irregularly because of his football commitments, Cross was nevertheless a good enough player to find a place in Ray Illingworth's successful county side of the mid '70s. He was a member of the Leicestershire team that won the
Benson & Hedges Cup in 1975. Cross's last appearance came when the side was stricken by illness in May 1977. A scratch side had to be assembled to play
Hampshire at
Grace Road in the B&H Cup. Showing his characteristic adaptability, he
kept wicket for the only time during his career. ==Honours==