michael holding Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
michael holding is a cricketer(sportsman) from West Indies. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Michael Anthony Holding
Born
February 16, 1954, Half Way Tree, Kingston, Jamaica
Age
69 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast
Playing Role
Bowler
Other
Commentator
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 60 | 102 | - | - |
Inn | 76 | 42 | - | - |
Runs | 910 | 282 | - | - |
Avg | 13.79 | 9.1 | - | - |
SR | 76.79 | 74.8 | - | - |
HS | 73 | 64 | - | - |
NO | 10 | 11 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 6 | 2 | - | - |
4s | 78 | 22 | - | - |
6s | 36 | 5 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 60 | 102 | - | - |
Inn | 113 | 102 | - | - |
Balls | 12402 | 5473 | - | - |
Runs | 5898 | 3034 | - | - |
Wkt | 249 | 142 | - | - |
BBI | 92 / 8 | 26 / 5 | - | - |
BBM | 149 / 14 | 26 / 5 | - | - |
Eco | 2.85 | 3.33 | - | - |
Avg | 23.69 | 21.37 | - | - |
5W | 13 | 1 | - | - |
10W | 2 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- West Indies
- Canterbury
- Derbyshire
- Jamaica
- Lancashire
- Tasmania
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Basically a sprinter, Holding was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1954. He used skills acquired from running 400 meter races which went on to have an effect on his run-up. Because of his height, he was able to generate large amounts of bounce and zip off the pitch. Along with Garner, Roberts, Croft and Marshall, he formed a fearsome pace battery which terrorized batting lineups in the 70s and the 80s. Although he played only 60 Tests, he ended up picking 249 wickets at an average of 23.68 with 13 five wicket hauls and 2 ten wicket hauls. He holds the record for the best bowling figures in a match by a West Indian, 14/149 against England in 1976 at the Kennington Oval in London. He also has the record for scoring the maximum number of sixes (36) for a batsman with a run tally less than 1000. Currently, Holding is a widely respected commentator and critic who is known for his distinctive Jamaican accent and acerbic views.
In May 2013, Holding received an Honorary Degree and Life Time Achievement Award at the University of East London for his immeasurable contribution towards sport.
Facts:
1) He was the last batsman out in the final of 1983 World Cup which India won miraculously. In an interview he mentioned that when he went in to bat, he had the belief that he could score the remaining 40 odd runs for his side as he believed that West Indies could not be beaten
2) His over to Geoff Boycott in 1981 in Bridgetown is considered to be 'the greatest over in Test history'. The first five balls were faster than the previous one leading to the batsman making his displeasure evident. Much to the crowd's delight, Boycott was clean bowled off the last ball
3) Till 2008, he was a member of the ICC cricket committee. He resigned from the post after the ICC's decision to change the result of a Test match between Pakistan and England to a draw which the former side had forfeited after they were alleged to have tampered with the ball.
By Siddharth Prabhakar
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
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