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Michael Holding

Full Name
Michael Anthony Holding
Born
16-02-1954 Half Way Tree, Kingston, Jamaica
Current Age
67 years old
Major Teams
West Indies
Batting Style
Right-hand bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm fast
Michael Holding

Photos: Michael Holding

  • Michael ‘Whispering Death’ Holding blows away Tony ‘Grovel’ Greig’s England

    Michael ‘Whispering Death’ Holding blows away Tony ‘Grovel’ Greig’s England

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    Bloodbath at Sabina Park: When West Indian pacers ensured 5 Indian batsmen were ‘absent hurt’

  • Michael Holding's pearls of wisdom

    Michael Holding's pearls of wisdom

Videos: Michael Holding

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    Michael Holding's Powerful Speech on Black Lives Matter Goes Viral | WATCH FULL VIDEO

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    VIDEO: Sammy, Gayle, Bravo and others celebrate ‘legend’ Usain Bolt’s gold win at Rio Olympics

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    VIDEO: Sunil Gavaskar equals Don Bradman's record of 29 centuries

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    Video: The ‘Big Three’ and the damaging consequences on world cricket

Michael Holding Biography

It was languid verse as he ran in and destructive pace as he let the ball go — a rhythmic lead-up to a wrecking finish.
 
Michael Holding turned around from far, far away, where the eyes had to squint to see. And then he ran in fluid, silent, long strides, with an action almost hypnotic in grace and athleticism. And as he waltzed into follow-through, the ball darted at rates seldom witnessed even in the heydays of pace bowling in the 1970s. His stealthy, extensive run up was soundless and serene. Umpires were seldom aware of his approach till the corner of their eyes caught him stretched in his delivery stride. Not for nothing was he was he called “Whispering Death“.
 
The plight of Brian Close and John Edrich at Old Trafford bears testimony to his hostility. Yet, Holding’s greatest feat was probably achieved two Test matches later at The Oval. On a parched, dry surface, docile and dead after a long summer of merciless drought, Holding reverted to the absolute fundamentals of fast bowling — full, straight and fast. Stumps flew, toes were crushed and batsman after batsman walked back. Nine times the woodwork rattled, three batsmen were trapped plumb — only two of his wickets involved a fielder. Holding finished the match with 14 wickets.
 
Holding was the instrument used to test the formula of speed that evolved in the formula of supreme pace. Along with Andy Roberts, Joel Garner and Colin Croft — and later, Malcolm Marshall — he formed an alliance of annihilation that the world had never witnessed outside the battlefield.
 
Land, soil and moisture had little to do with it. Holding and his mates blasted oppositions in Australia, England and India with the same relentless consistency as on the wickets of the Caribbean.
 
Well into the eighties the run-up remained long, and the pace scorching. The Australians, anticipating a repeat of the rout of 1976, were demolished at home in 1979. In 1981, Geoff Boycott faced what is largely believed to be the most hostile over ever bowled, fending and missing five express deliveries before losing his off-stump to the sixth.
 
And later, when his run up was shortened and the pace was cut down by a fraction, he toured India, bowled on the most placid of wickets, and finished with 30 wickets in six Tests at 22.10.
 
From 60 Tests, Holding ended up with 249 wickets at 23.68, boasting a strike rate of 50.9. A handy lower-order batsman with a penchant for huge sixes (24% of his Test runs came in sixes), he hit as many as six fifties in Test cricket.
 
For a fast bowler, he was often more than a useful fielder, capable of snapping up superb catches in the gully off his pace bowling mates. He never took ODIs too seriously, but managed to finish with 142 wickets at an average of 21.36 and a mind-boggling economy rate of 3.32.
 
He was the Rolls-Royce of fast bowlers.
 
Arunabha Sengupta

Michael Holding Batting & Fielding Averages

Career M In R NO HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St
Test 60 76 910 10 73 13.78 1167 77.97 0 6 62 25 22 0
ODIs 102 42 282 11 64 9.096 365 77.26 0 2 21 4 30 0
T20s 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
World Cup 11 5 36 0 20 7.200 47 76.59 0 0 1 -- 5 0

Michael Holding Bowling Averages

Career M B R W Avg EC SR 5WI 10WM BBI BBM
Test 60 12402 5898 249 23.68 2.853 49. 13 2 8/92 14/149
ODIs 102 5473 3034 142 21.36 3.326 38.54 1 0 5/17 5/26
T20s 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
World Cup 11 695 341 20 17.05 2.943 34.75 0 -- 4/33 5/26

Michael Holding Career statistics

Test Debut

Australia v West Indies at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, November 28, 1975

Last Test

New Zealand v West Indies at Basin Reserve, Wellington, February 20, 1987

ODI Debut

England v West Indies at North Marine Road, Scarborough, August 26, 1976

Last ODI

England v West Indies at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, January 30, 1987

News ON Michael Holding

India vs Australia 2nd ODI 2020: Team India Missing MS Dhoni – Michael Holding Points Out Difference After Defeat in 1st ODI vs Australia

Holding stressed on Team India's dire need to have someone with a similar character as Dhoni's in big chases.

West Indies great Michael Holding appointed MCC Foundation patron

The MCC said that Holding's experience and expertise would "complement the Foundation's wide-ranging mandate in the grassroots game".

We Could Have Talked More About Taking The Knee: Australia Coach Justin Langer

England and West Indies adopted the gesture at the start of each of their three Tests in July to show their support for the campaign ...

England Have Not “Forgotten About Black Lives Matter” Campaign: Archer After Holding Criticism

Michael Holding accused England bosses and Australia captain Aaron Finch of making "lame" statements over ending the practice of taking ...

Michael Holding Blasts England And Australia For Not Taking a Knee

At the peak of the BLM movement, Holding's emotional speech against the menace of racism in sports and society went viral on social media.

Maverick MS Dhoni Destroyed Whatever Came in Front of Him: Michael Holding

MS Dhoni retires as the only captain to have clinched all the three major ICC trophies including T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup and ...

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    World Cup Countdown: 1983 – India snap West Indies’ unbeaten World Cup run

    On June 10, 1983, India scripted a famous win that ended West Indies' unbeaten run in the tournament.

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    Stephen Boock, a one-of-his-kind character, was up to his antics again despite playing the fiercest pace attack in the world. Abhishek ...

    The H’s: Supreme openers, masterly middle-order, brilliant bowlers

    The letter ‘H’ has been the hallmark of some of the supreme opening batsmen the game has ever seen.

    Nine reasons why I am a Michael Holding fan

    He was the 'Whispering Death' not for nothing. He was unassumably fast, and stunningly cool.

    Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Colin Croft, Malcolm Marshall play together for the only time

    Oh, how the batsmen dreaded that day!

    John Edrich, 39, and Brian Close, 45, show exemplary courage against frightening West Indies attack

    On came Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, and Wayne Daniel, unrestrained, brutal, ruthless, hostile; John Edrich and Brian Close resisted ...

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