Mark Butcher quits cricket

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Surrey captain Butcher, who played 71 Test matches between 1997 and 2004, managed five LV County Championship outings this season but after undergoing further surgery a fortnight ago, decided to call time on his 17-year career.

The stylish 36-year-old, who is best remembered for his match-winning 173 not out against Australia at Headingley in 2001, made his first-class bow in 1992 and scored 38 centuries, eight on them for England.

His dashing innings against the Australians - as England chased down 315 to win the match - kickstarted an international career that had hitherto failed to ignite.

Butcher's time as Brown Caps skipper, which briefly overlapped with father Alan's stint as coach, coincided with a notable downturn in fitness, with persistent fitness problems affecting his ability to reverse the county's ailing fortunes.

Butcher said: "It was a very tough decision to walk away from the club that I have called home since I was a boy and the game that has given me so many great memories but, I feel that it is the right time to move onto the next chapter in my life."