He was picked for the 1st Test against the West Indies at his home ground of Old Trafford in 1950, on a pitch made for spinners – each side played three.
By the end of the 1950 season, Berry was not even first-choice left-arm spinner for Lancashire, his long-time friend Malcolm Hilton being often preferred as the spin alternative to the off-spin of Roy Tattersall.
Nonetheless, it was Berry who was picked for the 1950–51 Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tour to Australia and New Zealand under Freddie Brown.
He had a poor tour on pitches not designed for spin and was not chosen for any of the Test matches, with Doug Wright being preferred.
In that season, Berry took 98 wickets at an average of 18.97, including all 10 in an innings for Lancashire against Worcestershire at Blackpool.
He toured India successfully in the winter of 1953–54 with a Commonwealth XI, but with the return of Hilton, Lancashire picked him for only six County Championship matches in 1954, and he left at the end of the season to join Worcestershire.
[4] Berry became a publican after he retired from professional cricket, running pubs in Burton, Derby, Mansfield and Farnsfield.