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Basil Butcher
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
BB
44Internationals
3,104Career runs
7Centuries
5Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 44
- Innings
- 78
- Runs
- 3,104
- Average
- 43.11
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 209*
- Not outs
- 6
- 100s
- 7
- 50s
- 16
- Ducks
- 3
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- —
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 44
- Innings
- 6
- Balls
- 256
- Maidens
- 15
- Runs conceded
- 90
- Wickets
- 5
- Average
- 18.00
- Economy
- 2.10
- Strike rate
- 51.20
- Best innings
- 5/34
- Best match
- 5/51
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 1
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 44
- Innings
- 83
- Catches
- 15
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 15
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 15
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.180
- Best innings
- 2 (2ct 0st)
Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.
Explore this player’s available match data
44 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969-07-10 | England v West Indies | Test | England won by 30 runs |
| 1969-06-26 | England v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 1969-06-12 | England v West Indies | Test | England won by 10 wickets |
| 1969-03-13 | New Zealand v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 1969-03-07 | New Zealand v West Indies | Test | New Zealand won by 6 wickets |
| 1969-02-27 | New Zealand v West Indies | Test | West Indies won by 5 wickets |
| 1969-02-14 | Australia v West Indies | Test | Australia won by 382 runs |
| 1969-01-24 | Australia v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 1969-01-03 | Australia v West Indies | Test | Australia won by 10 wickets |
| 1968-12-26 | Australia v West Indies | Test | Australia won by inns & 30 runs |
| 1968-12-06 | Australia v West Indies | Test | West Indies won by 125 runs |
| 1968-03-28 | England v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 9 | 17 | 794 | 118 | 49.62 | — | 2 | 5 | — | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | N/A | 2.00 | N/A |
| 1968 | 7 | 13 | 366 | 86 | 30.50 | — | 0 | 3 | 42 | 2 | — | 4 | 5 | 13.40 | 1.99 | 40.40 |
| 1967 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 12.00 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1966 | 7 | 11 | 482 | 209 | 48.20 | — | 1 | 1 | 57 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1965 | 5 | 10 | 405 | 117 | 40.50 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1963 | 5 | 9 | 383 | 133 | 47.87 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1960 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 10.33 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1959 | 5 | 8 | 362 | 142 | 51.71 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | N/A | 2.83 | N/A |
| 1958 | 3 | 5 | 257 | 103 | 64.25 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v India · Brabourne
- First century in this archive · 103 runs
Test v India · Eden Gardens
- Highest recorded innings · 209* runs
Test v England · Nottingham
- Best recorded bowling · 5/34
Test v England · Port of Spain
- Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Leeds