Basil Butcher dead at 86

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/...er-dies-86

Basil Butcher, the stylish Guyana and West Indies batsman of the 1950s and 1960
died on Monday in Florida following a long illness aged 86.
He played 44 Tests between 1958 and 1969
scoring 3104 runs at an average of 43.11
and was named one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in 1970.

Basil Fitzherbert Butcher was born on September 3, 1933 at Port Mourant, Berbice
to Mr. Ethelbert Fitzherbert Butcher, a Barbadian who migrated to British Guiana
and his Guyanese wife of Amerindian descent, Mathilda Elizabeth Lowe.
His father worked at the Port Mourant Sugar Estate while his mother ran a bakery.

a great cricketer

After leaving Corentyne High School, Butcher joined the Port Mourant Sports Club.
Joe Solomon welcomed him and two other new members and future internationals
- Rohan Kanhai and Ivan Madray -
By the age of 18 Butcher was on the Port Mourant Estate cricket team ~

rip

I am late..first time I see this.
tremendous batsman! deh doh make them as good as he was in the west indies no more.
Basil Butcher was good enough to have lived forever.
oh well..time and the tides
RIP Cheers :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

that LBW was too high !! even so long aftah it sill pisses

but see those shots man. there was a pull Butcher was into so early he must have known before the bowler bowled:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: