{"id":14719,"date":"2023-12-26T16:56:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T16:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14719"},"modified":"2023-12-26T16:56:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T16:56:54","slug":"georgetown-cricket-association-pays-tribute-to-clyde-butts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/georgetown-cricket-association-pays-tribute-to-clyde-butts\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgetown Cricket Association Pays Tribute to Clyde Butts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has offered heartfelt tributes to the late Clyde Butts, former West Indies and Guyana cricketer, and Regional selector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the wake of Butts&#8217; unexpected passing, family, friends, and cricket enthusiasts gathered for a night of reflection, sharing memories of his contributions both on and off the cricket pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, recalled his last interaction with Butts during a tournament in 2022, emphasizing the valuable advice he received. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newly elected president of the Georgetown Cricket Club, Jonathan Yearwood, acknowledged Butts&#8217; enduring impact on West Indies cricket, particularly in the realm of spin bowling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head coach of the CPL franchise team Guyana Amazon Warriors, Rayon Griffith, shared personal memories of playing with Butts and expressed his lasting admiration for the late cricketer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clyde Butts, who served as the Chairman of the Senior Selection Panel of Cricket West Indies, played seven Test matches between 1985 and 1988, securing ten wickets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His cricket career included 87 First-Class matches and 32 List A games for Guyana, where he amassed a combined total of 380 wickets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his on-field contributions, Butts became a respected voice in cricket commentary at both regional and domestic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cricket community mourns the loss of Clyde Butts, remembering him not only as a skilled cricketer but also as a mentor and contributor to the sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has offered heartfelt tributes to the late Clyde Butts, former West Indies and Guyana cricketer, and Regional selector. In the wake of Butts&#8217; unexpected passing,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14721,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14719\/revisions\/14721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}