his highest Test score at Trent Bridge in 1966. West Indies trailed England by 90 on the first innings, but Butcher made 209 not out in the second, adding 173 in two hours with Sobers, who then declared, and West Indies went on to win by 139 runs. Butcher was an occasional leg-spinner. He took five Test wickets, which all came in the one innings, 5 for 34 against England at Port-of-Spain in 1967–68. He was West Indies' highest scorer in the series in England in 1969, with 238 runs at an average of 39.66, and was made a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1970. He retired after the series. Life after cricket Butcher worked as a Public Relations Officer at Guymine, a bauxite company in Guyana. Butcher died in Florida, United States, on 16 December 2019, after a long period of illness. His son wrote on Facebook: Cricket West Indies tweeted: References External links 1933 births 2019 deaths West Indies Test cricketers Guyanese cricketers Berbice cricketers Commonwealth XI cricketers International Cavaliers cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year Guyana cricketers Afro-Guyanese people People from East Berbice-Corentyne Guyanese emigrants to the United States Guyanese people of indigenous peoples descent