Coordinates | 34°03′″N118°15′″N |
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playername | Michael Holding |
country | West Indies |
fullname | Michael Anthony Holding |
nickname | Whispering Death |
living | true |
dayofbirth | 16 |
monthofbirth | 2 |
yearofbirth | 1954 |
placeofbirth | Kingston |
countryofbirth | Jamaica |
heightft | 6 |
heightinch | 3.5 |
batting | Right-hand batsman |
bowling | Right-arm fast |
role | Bowler |
international | true |
testdebutdate | 28 November |
testdebutyear | 1975 |
testdebutagainst | Australia |
testcap | 153 |
lasttestdate | 24 February |
lasttestyear | 1987 |
lasttestagainst | New Zealand |
odidebutdate | 26 August |
odidebutyear | 1976 |
odidebutagainst | England |
odicap | 18 |
lastodidate | 30 January |
lastodiyear | 1987 |
lastodiagainst | England |
columns | 4 |
column1 | Test |
matches1 | 60 |
runs1 | 910 |
bat avg1 | 13.78 |
100s/50s1 | 0/6 |
top score1 | 73 |
deliveries1 | 12,680 |
wickets1 | 249 |
bowl avg1 | 23.68 |
fivefor1 | 13 |
tenfor1 | 2 |
best bowling1 | 8/92 |
catches/stumpings1 | 22/– |
column2 | ODI |
matches2 | 102 |
runs2 | 282 |
bat avg2 | 9.09 |
100s/50s2 | 0/2 |
top score2 | 64 |
deliveries2 | 5,473 |
wickets2 | 142 |
bowl avg2 | 21.36 |
fivefor2 | 1 |
tenfor2 | 0 |
best bowling2 | 5/26 |
catches/stumpings2 | 30/– |
club1 | Jamaica |
year1 | 1973-1989 |
club2 | Lancashire |
year2 | 1981 |
club3 | Tasmania |
year3 | 1982-83 |
club4 | Derbyshire |
year4 | 1983-1989 |
club5 | Canterbury |
year5 | 1987-88 |
date | 24 May |
year | 2009 |
source | http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52063.html cricinfo.com }} |
Michael Anthony Holding (born 16 February 1954 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former West Indian cricketer. One of the fastest bowlers ever to play Test cricket, he was nicknamed 'Whispering Death' by umpires due to his quiet approach to the bowling crease. Holding was an outstanding athlete as a teenager and used skills acquired from running the 400 metres on the cricket pitch, with one of the longest and most rhythmic run-ups in world cricket. His bowling was smooth and very fast, and he used his height () to generate large amounts of bounce and zip off the pitch. He was part of the fearsome West Indian pace battery, together with Joel Garner, Andy Roberts, Sylvester Clarke, Colin Croft, Wayne Daniel and the late Malcolm Marshall that devastated batting line-ups in the world throughout the seventies and early eighties.
In June 1988 Holding was celebrated on the $2 Jamaican stamp alongside the Barbados Cricket Buckle.
Holding was the bowler in what is often described as "the greatest over in Test history", which he bowled in 1981 in Bridgetown to English batsman Geoff Boycott. The first five balls increased in pace, causing Boycott to have to react very rapidly to avoid being hit. The final ball saw Boycott clean bowled, to the great delight of the crowd.
According to an urban myth, during a Test match between the West Indies and England when Holding was to bowl to English player Peter Willey, the commentator at the time, Brian Johnston, described the action as "The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey" (a double entendre, as 'willy' is English slang for a penis). However Wisden states that there is no record of Johnston or anyone else actually saying this (although a colleague of Johnston's, Henry Blofeld, recalls the incident occurring during a test match at The Oval in 1976.)
In a limited-overs international between England and West Indies on 26 August 1976 at Scarborough, Michael Holding's return from long-leg deflected off the nearer wicket and scuttled along the pitch to break the far one with Graham Barlow and Alan Knott, on his only appearance as England's captain, stranded in mid-pitch. The dumbfounded umpires, David Constant and Arthur Jepson, rejected the run out appeal for reasons which remain obscure.
A less amusing incident for which Holding is also remembered was kicking over the stumps in anger at an umpiring decision in New Zealand in 1979/80. The tour had gone poorly almost from the beginning: West Indies had just finished a long tour of Australia, and were perhaps resentful about having a tour to unglamorous New Zealand immediately afterwards (their leading batsman of the time, Viv Richards, refused to tour). West Indies felt that the umpiring had been incompetent and against them throughout. After an appeal for caught behind was turned down, Holding turned and kicked the stumps in frustration.
Despite modest batting talent, he holds the record for the most sixes in a Test career for any player with fewer than 1000 career runs. He hit 36 sixes in his Test career, placing him at 32 in the all-time list. Remarkably almost a quarter of his Test runs came by way of sixes. Currently, Holding is one of the more respected cricket commentators in the world. His distinctive Jamaican accent and observations have proved popular wherever he is heard.
On 5 July 2008, Holding resigned from his post on the ICC cricket committee because he was unhappy with the ICC's decision to change the result of the 2006 Oval Test between England and Pakistan from a forfeited win for England to a draw.
Holding felt that Pakistan's refusal to play should not go unpunished even though they were not guilty of ball-tampering.
"I have just written my letter of resignation to the ICC cricket committee because I cannot agree with what they've done," Holding said while commentating for Sky Sports during a domestic match in England. "That game should never, ever be a draw. When you take certain actions, you must be quite happy to suffer the consequences.
"A lot of things are happening today that I don't want to be involved with, so I've moved on."
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