Mark Butcher

Mark Butcher is a former England cricketer and now a popular broadcaster with Sky Sports and regular guest on the Wisden Cricket Weekly podcast.

Butcher played 71 Tests between 1997 and 2004, scoring more than 4,000 runs.

The most memorable of his eight Test hundreds came at Headingley in 2001, when he scored an unbeaten 173 on day five to steer England to a famous Ashes win.

He captained England on one occasion, standing in for Nasser Hussain during the drawn Test against New Zealand at Old Trafford in 1999.

A legend at Surrey where he spent the entirety of his 17-year career, Butcher won three County Championships and scored more than 16,000 runs for the club across formats.

He’s now a regular member of Sky Sports’ Test match coverage and is considered one of the most astute pundits in the game.