BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-GUIANA-ES " BASIL BUTCHER " IS A FORMER WEST INDIAN CRICKETER WHO PLAYED IN 44 TEST FROM 1958 TO 169 : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

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Basil Butcher

Basil Butcher

Personal information
Full name	Basil Fitzherbert Butcher
Born	September 3, 1933 (age 81) Port Mourant, British Guiana (nowGuyana)
Batting style	Right hand bat
Bowling style	Right arm leg break
International information
National side	West Indian
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 44 169 Runs scored 3,104 11,628 Batting average 43.11 49.90 100s/50s 7/16 31/54 Top score 209* 209* Balls bowled 256 2,193 Wickets 5 40 Bowling average 18.00 30.42 5 wickets in innings 1 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 5/34 5/34 Catches/stumpings 15/0 67/0
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Basil Fitzherbert Butcher (born September 3, 1933, Port Mourant, British Guiana (now Guyana)) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in 44 Tests from 1958 to 1969. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1970.

Basil Butcher was a wristy batsman and was a consistent number 4 and 5 in the West Indies side. He made an immediate impact on the international scene with 64 not out on debut against India in 1958-59 and finishing with 486 runs at 69.42. He struggled until the 1963 tour of England, where he rediscovered his form by making 383 runs which included an innings of 133 from a team total of just 229, helping the West Indies to a draw at Lord's. The innings became legendary because during the interval he had received news through a letter that his wife had had a miscarriage back home in Guyana.

Butcher was an occasional legspinner. He took 5 Test wickets which all came in the one innings, 5 for 34 against England at Port-of-Spain in 1967-68.