[8] He opened the batting on his debut test but did not produce the kind of scores that he would have liked but England managed to win that match by nine wickets albeit off a double century from Nasser Hussain.

[12] Butcher enjoyed a reasonably good start to his Test career, hitting two half-centuries in five matches against a powerful Australian side.

[4][15] However, hard work and coaching from his father, Alan, himself a former Surrey and England player, sorted out his form.

Nowhere was this more apparent than in the series in the West Indies in 2003–04,[20] when he always batted well irrespective of the sometimes poor showing by various partners at the other end, and he passed fifty in four out of seven innings.

[7] The series of injury setbacks also subsequently put a dramatic end to his run of 42 successive test match appearances for England.

[21] Thereafter, he struggled to recover properly from numerous injury set-backs, and although he retained the official captaincy of Surrey his appearances for the team became sporadic.

[23] He appeared in Sky Sports documentary titled You Guys Are History where he explores and examines why there is a massive decline in black cricketers in England since the turn of the century.

[26] Butcher is also a guitar player and singer – he sang a ballad at Surrey and England teammate Ben Hollioake's funeral.

[34] At one time during his playing career, Butcher was married to former England and Surrey teammate Alec Stewart's sister Judy.