Basil Butcher, the Guyanese and West Indian cricketer, died at the age of eighty-six on the 16th December, 2019. His career as a cricketer was recapitulated in the tributes to him. Born in Berbice, ...

Legendary former West Indian cricketer Basil Butcher passed away last night after a prolonged period of illness. His son, Basil F Butcher Jr. announced his father’s passing on his Facebook page ...

Recently-departed West Indies batsman of the 1950s and 1960s once scored a Test ton while coping with the news of his wife's miscarriage Basil Butcher turns one on the leg side against Rest of the ...

The West Indies cricket team will be wearing black armbands during the second ODI against India as a mark of respect for the 1960s great Basil Butcher. The West Indies cricket team will be wearing ...

Former West Indies batsman Basil Butcher has passed away after prolonged illness, Cricket West Indies confirmed on Tuesday. He was 86. "Sad news for the West Indies Cricket Family. Former Guyana and ...

Born September 3, 1933, Basil Fitzherbert Butcher was a middle-order Guyana who was at his best with his back to the wall. Unfortunately, a strong West Indian middle-order consisting of Garry Sobers, ...

Andy Zaltzman was born in obscurity in 1974. He has been a sporadically-acclaimed stand-up comedian since 1999, and has appeared regularly on BBC Radio 4. Zaltzman's love of cricket outshone his ...

In the dashing era of 1960s Caribbean cricket, Basil Butcher was the sturdy backbone around which many a fine West Indies score or victory was built. Although a stellar batsman in his own right, the ...

Basil Butcher, the former West Indies batsman, passed away on Monday (December 16) in Florida, at the age of 86. He represented West Indies in 44 Tests, from 1958 to 1969, scoring 3104 runs at an ...

Former West Indies batsman Basil Butcher has passed away after prolonged illness, Cricket West Indies confirmed on Tuesday. He was 86. Butcher was the first cricketer from the Amerindian descent to ...

Basil Fitzherbert Butcher was born on September 3, 1933 on a sugar estate near Port Mourant, Berbice in what was then British Guiana, the only English-speaking and cricket-playing country of the South ...

BUTCHER, BASIL FITZHERBERT, who died on December 16, aged 86, was a bulwark of the West Indian middle order in the 1960s, restraining his attacking instincts to allow the likes of Rohan Kanhai and ...