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Full name Michael Anthony Holding
Born February 16, 1954, Half Way Tree, Kingston, Jamaica
Current age 54 years 276 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
0
6
36
22
0
ODIs
102
42
11
282
64
9.09
377
74.80
0
2
30
0
First-class
222
283
43
3600
80
15.00
0
14
125
0
List A
249
153
25
1575
69
12.30
0
7
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
38877
18233
778
8/92
23.43
2.81
49.9
39
5
List A
249
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
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
First-class span
1972/73 - 1989
List A span
1975/76 - 1989
Profile
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
Notes
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1977
Tasmania First-Class Career Span: 1982-83
