Sir Andy Roberts to visit Berbice

Widely considered the father of modern fast bowling in the Caribbean, Sir Andy Roberts is regarded as one of the all-time greats of cricket. The legendary fast bowler who retired in 1983 after the West Indies tour of India will be a special guest of the proactive Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) during the month of April.

At the same time, the Barbados-born Butcher, who was the first person of African descent to play for England, would be conducting a batting clinic for about 40 of Berbice’s finest. Butcher, a close family friend of the BCB President, offered his services to the Board after saying he was very impressed by the high standards of its work. Butcher played three Test matches and three One-Day Internationals for England while scoring over 17,000 runs at the First-Class and 50-overs level overall.