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Boycott b Holding
The perfect set-up, then the perfect kill. It was the most ferocious, exacting opening over by a bowler in a Test match
And so it ends: Boycott loses his stump off the sixth ball • Patrick Eager/Wisden Cricket Monthly
Bridgetown, 14 March 1981
It was, Michael Holding has said, as if time stood still. The moment when the off stump of England's premier batting technician, Geoffrey Boycott, was detonated from the Kensington turf and sent flying a full pitch length back towards David Murray. "I saw it," the bowler said, "as if it was slow motion. For a fleeting moment there was not a sound, as the stump came out and I realised what I had done. Then I was hit by a wave of noise that tumbled down from the stands."
Holding, fastest of them all, many say, and one of the purest, had just applied the coup de grace to complete what has come to be regarded as the most exacting, ferocious opening over ever sent d
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Michael Holding
Jamaican cricketer and commentator (born 1954)
For the filmskapare, see Michael Holding (filmmaker).
Holding in 1980 | |
| Full name | Michael Anthony Holding |
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| Born | (1954-02-16) 16 February 1954 (age 71) Kingston, Jamaica |
| Nickname | Whispering Death,[1] Mikey |
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast |
| Role | Bowler |
| National side | |
| Test debut (cap 153) | 28 November 1975 v Australia |
| Last Test | 24 February 1987 v New Zealand |
| ODI debut (cap 18) | 26 August 1976 v England |
| Last ODI | 30 January 1987 v England |
| Years | Team |
| 1973–1989 | Jamaica |
| 1981 | Lancashire |
| 1982/83 | Tasmania |
| 1983–1989 | Derbyshire |
| 1987/88 | Canterbury |
Source: CricInfo, 24 May 2009 | |
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Michael Holding - Death became him
Former West Indies pacer Michael Holding was elegance personified, not only in his bowling action, which earned him the name “Whispering Death”, but also in his commentary which was loved by all.
Born on February 16, 1954, in Kingston, the 6ft 4 inch Holding was a sprinter before his cricketing career. And he used both to become one of the greatest fast bowlers in cricket ever. Pairing with Andy Roberts, as the other bowlers kept shuffling, Holding was a significant part of West Indies’ four-pronged pace attack that terrorized batters in the ‘70s and ‘80s.
While most West Indian fast bowlers were famous for their insane pace and bounce that retired most batters in matches, Holding was addictive for his bowling action, all the while retaining a deadlier pace and bounce.
Holding possessed the most graceful and elongated running style, with his feet delicately brushing the turf, his head swaying gently and subtly from side to side. The rhythm of h