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West Indian
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West Indies
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WI
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Michael Holding
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Right-hand bat
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Right-arm fast
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60
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910
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1378
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-/6
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73
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12680
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249
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2368
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13
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2
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8/92
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22/-
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102
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282
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909
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-/2
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64
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5473
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142
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2136
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1
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-
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5/26
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30/-
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25 January
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2006
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(born
February 16 ,
1954 ) was a
West Indian Cricket er. He was christened 'Whispering Death' by umpires due to his quiet approach to the bowling crease. He was an outstanding athlete as a
Teenager and used his skills from the 400
Metres on the
Cricket Pitch , with one of the longest and most rhythmic
Run-up s in world cricket. His
Bowling was smooth and very quick, and he used his height (6' 3 1/2") to generate large amounts of bounce and zip off the pitch. He was part of the fearsome West Indian pace battery, along with the likes of
Joel Garner ,
Andy Roberts ,
Sylvester Clarke ,
Colin Croft and of course the late
Malcolm Marshall that devastated many great batting line-ups in the world throughout the seventies and early eighties.
He was a natural athlete, who in his early days was a middle-distance sprinter. He is now a
Broadcaster and often appears on
Sky Sports ' cricket coverage in the
UK .
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.
Holding is part of one of the more well-known commentary gaffes in cricket history. During a Test match between the West Indies and England, Holding was to bowl to English player
Peter Willey . The commentator at the time,
Brian Johnston , described the action, quite accurately, as "The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey". This was, however, an inadvertent
Double Entendre as the word "willy" is English slang for a penis.
Currently, Holding is one of the more respected cricket commentators in the world.
