• Alan Butcher

  • Aug 2 2021
  • Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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Alan Butcher

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  • In this episode we chat with opening batsman Alan Butcher.

     

    Alan had a decorated first-class career, with more than 22,000 runs for Surrey and Glamorgan, before going on to a successful coaching career, including with Zimbabwe. He’s also the father of former England batsman Mark and Gary, who, like his dad, played for both Glamorgan and Surrey.

     

    Alan’s opportunity to play for England in Test cricket came at his-then home ground, The Oval, in the final match of four-game series against India in 1979. England were 1-0 up and made changes, looking at new players ahead of a winter tour of Australia and India.

     

    He experienced a week full of remarkable experiences and one which turned out to be an absolute rollercoaster of excitement and disappointment, as he tells us here...
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