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Michael Holding
West Indies
Player profile
Full name Michael Anthony Holding
Born February 16, 1954, Half Way Tree, Kingston, Jamaica
Current age 54 years 174 days
Major teams West Indies, Canterbury, Derbyshire, Jamaica, Lancashire, Tasmania
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Other Commentator
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
60 |
76 |
10 |
910 |
73 |
13.78 |
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0 |
6 |
36 |
22 |
0 |
| ODIs |
102 |
42 |
11 |
282 |
64 |
9.09 |
377 |
74.80 |
0 |
2 |
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30 |
0 |
| First-class |
222 |
283 |
43 |
3600 |
80 |
15.00 |
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0 |
14 |
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125 |
0 |
| List A |
249 |
153 |
25 |
1575 |
69 |
12.30 |
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0 |
7 |
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81 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
60 |
113 |
12680 |
5898 |
249 |
8/92 |
14/149 |
23.68 |
2.79 |
50.9 |
11 |
13 |
2 |
| ODIs |
102 |
102 |
5473 |
3034 |
142 |
5/26 |
5/26 |
21.36 |
3.32 |
38.5 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| First-class |
222 |
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38877 |
18233 |
778 |
8/92 |
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23.43 |
2.81 |
49.9 |
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39 |
5 |
| List A |
249 |
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12662 |
7074 |
343 |
8/21 |
8/21 |
20.62 |
3.35 |
36.9 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, Nov 28-Dec 2, 1975 scorecard |
| Last Test |
New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, Feb 20-24, 1987 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
England v West Indies at Scarborough, Aug 26, 1976 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
England v West Indies at Melbourne, Jan 30, 1987 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class span |
1972/73 - 1989 |
| List A span |
1975/76 - 1989 |
Wisden overview
It began intimidatingly far away. He turned, and began the most elegant long-striding run of them all, feet kissing the turf silently, his head turning gently and ever so slightly from side to side, rhythmically, like that of a cobra hypnotising its prey. Good batsmen tended not to watch him all the way lest they became mesmerised. To the umpires he was malevolent stealth personified so they christened him Whispering Death. No-one in the game has bowled faster. His over to Geoff Boycott in the cauldron of Kensington Oval early in 1981 has gone down in history as the finest, fastest, most ferocious gambit of all time. Five years earlier, towards the end of the drought-ridden summer of 1976, The Oval had become a wasteland, parched beyond recognition, with slow flat heart-breaking pitches, and it was on this, in the final Test of the season, through the simple device of bowling ramrod-straight at high pace and to a full length, that he conjured 14 wickets for 149, the finest match figures ever by a West Indian. Now in the commentary box, he is gentle but fearless, a rational critic who beguiles with his deep fruity measured Jamaican twang. Mike Selvey
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1977
Tasmania First-Class Career Span: 1982-83
Jan 1, 2008 |
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Michael Holding, headshot
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Dec 22, 2007 |
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Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer against Malcolm Marshall and Michael Holding
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Aug 17, 2007 |
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Sky commentators (back, l to r) Michael Holding, David Gower; (front l to r) Nasser Hussain, David Lloyd, Michael Atherton and Ian Botham
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