<p>Basil Butcher was hailed as a West Indies "cricket legend" after the former Test batsman died aged 86.</p>.<p>Butcher was a member of a star-studded West Indies top order for over a decade in a Test career starting in the late 1950s. He played alongside Rohan Kanhai and Garry Sobers before they were joined in the side by Clive Lloyd and Roy Fredericks.</p>.<p>Guyana right-hander Butcher more than held his own in such distinguished company, scoring 3,104 runs in 44 Tests at an average of more than 43, including seven hundreds, from 1958-69.</p>.<p>Butcher's best performances were reserved for England. He made 133 in the second innings of the Lord's Test of 1963, which produced one of cricket's most dramatic draws.</p>.<p>That hundred was all the more remarkable as during an interval he opened a letter which told him his wife had had a miscarriage in Guyana.</p>.<p>Three years later, Butcher compiled his highest Test score of 209 not out, against England in Nottingham.</p>.<p>That unbeaten double century helped West Indies overhaul a first-innings deficit of 90 to win by 139 runs.</p>.<p>Cricket West Indies said Butcher had died in Florida on Monday, according to his son, Basil Butcher Jr.</p>.<p>CWI president Ricky Skerritt said Tuesday that Butcher had been "part of a prolific West Indies batting lineup, that excited world cricket and brought great joy and pride to Guyanese and West Indian people everywhere".</p>.<p>Skerritt, passing on the board's condolences to Butcher's family, added: "West Indies cricket has lost a legend and a proud pioneer. After his illustrious playing days, he served both West Indies and Guyana cricket selflessly off the field in administration."</p>.<p>Butcher is survived by his wife, Valerie, and children, Brian, Bruce, Basil Jr and Blossom.</p>
<p>Basil Butcher was hailed as a West Indies "cricket legend" after the former Test batsman died aged 86.</p>.<p>Butcher was a member of a star-studded West Indies top order for over a decade in a Test career starting in the late 1950s. He played alongside Rohan Kanhai and Garry Sobers before they were joined in the side by Clive Lloyd and Roy Fredericks.</p>.<p>Guyana right-hander Butcher more than held his own in such distinguished company, scoring 3,104 runs in 44 Tests at an average of more than 43, including seven hundreds, from 1958-69.</p>.<p>Butcher's best performances were reserved for England. He made 133 in the second innings of the Lord's Test of 1963, which produced one of cricket's most dramatic draws.</p>.<p>That hundred was all the more remarkable as during an interval he opened a letter which told him his wife had had a miscarriage in Guyana.</p>.<p>Three years later, Butcher compiled his highest Test score of 209 not out, against England in Nottingham.</p>.<p>That unbeaten double century helped West Indies overhaul a first-innings deficit of 90 to win by 139 runs.</p>.<p>Cricket West Indies said Butcher had died in Florida on Monday, according to his son, Basil Butcher Jr.</p>.<p>CWI president Ricky Skerritt said Tuesday that Butcher had been "part of a prolific West Indies batting lineup, that excited world cricket and brought great joy and pride to Guyanese and West Indian people everywhere".</p>.<p>Skerritt, passing on the board's condolences to Butcher's family, added: "West Indies cricket has lost a legend and a proud pioneer. After his illustrious playing days, he served both West Indies and Guyana cricket selflessly off the field in administration."</p>.<p>Butcher is survived by his wife, Valerie, and children, Brian, Bruce, Basil Jr and Blossom.</p>