West Indies / Players
Full name Clyde Godfrey Butts
Born July 8, 1957, Perseverance, East Coast, Demerara, British Guiana
Current age 52 years 123 days
Major teams West Indies, Guyana
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Administrator
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 7 | 8 | 1 | 108 | 38 | 15.42 | 279 | 38.70 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| First-class | 87 | 106 | 16 | 1431 | 57* | 15.90 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 32 | 22 | 9 | 216 | 37* | 16.61 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 7 | 10 | 1554 | 595 | 10 | 4/73 | 6/95 | 59.50 | 2.29 | 155.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 87 | 22295 | 8421 | 348 | 7/29 | 24.19 | 2.26 | 64.0 | 23 | 2 | |||
| List A | 32 | 1728 | 871 | 32 | 4/25 | 4/25 | 27.21 | 3.02 | 54.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | West Indies v New Zealand at Georgetown, Apr 6-11, 1985 scorecard |
| Last Test | India v West Indies at Chennai, Jan 11-15, 1988 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| First-class span | 1980/81 - 1993/94 |
| List A span | 1983/84 - 1993/94 |
Being a West Indian spinner in the 1980s was a bit like being a trained opera singer in a boy band, so spare a thought for Clyde Butts, who was born in a village called Perseverance. He hardly got a game because of the excellence - mostly in the field - of his fellow offspinner Roger Harper, and his only chance of a bowl was if the Windies quicks didn't blow the opposition away. In the second of his seven Tests, at Lahore in 1986-87, Butts didn't get on at all, and in all he took a wicket every 155 balls - or 26 overs. He married on the rest day of his Test debut, against New Zealand in Guyana in 1984-85. Butts was the last of ten children - his parents stopped just short of a full XI. He became a national selector and headed the selection panel in July 2008.
- Chris Gayle was unanimous choice - Butts (Nov 3, 2009)
- Play or be dropped - WI selector (Sep 4, 2009)
- Clyde Butts appointed selection chairman (Jul 26, 2008)
- Greenidge replaces Carew as convener of selectors (Jul 15, 2006)
- Nagamootoo honoured by the Guyana board (Mar 9, 2005)
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