Mark Butcher

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Nickname: Butch, Basil

Role in team: Left-hand bat, right arm medium bowler

Squad number: 4

County debut: 1992

Date of birth: 23/08/1972

Height: 5ft 11”

Weight: 89kg

Biography

Mark Butcher is Surrey captain and the side’s most experienced Test Cricketer with 79 England caps (the last being against South Africa in December 2004). A wrist injury cost Butcher his England place, but with time to focus on Surrey he has helped forge a strong middle order. Butcher averaged 40 last season and led Surrey out of relegation trouble in the County Championship. Mark will captain Surrey again in the 2008 season

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Most memorable individual performance playing for Surrey?:
Winning the Championship in 1999.

Mark Butcher career statistics

Favourite Food:
Sushi

Favourite TV Programme:
Nip/Tuck, Fawlty Towers

Most Favoured Holiday Destination:
Spain/Cuba

Favourite ground (other than the Brit Oval):
Lord's

Least favourite ground:
Hove

Cricketing hero:
Andrew Flintoff

Non-cricketing hero:
Jimmy Hendrix

Toughest opponent:
Steve Waugh

One rule to change to improve the game:
The ball should actually touch the rope for it to be a boundary.

Most Embarrassing Moment (does not have to be cricket related):
Standing naked outside my house in front of two ambulance drivers

What was the first CD or record you purchased?:
The Jam, Beat Surrender

If you could be a professional sportsman in something other than cricket, what sport would you choose and why?:
Golfer, because it's not too tiring.

Most admired Surrey player of all time?:
Jack Hobbs

If you were down to your last £10, how would you spend it?:
Three Pints at The Woodman