This is an excerpt from Wikipedia about one of the great fast bowlers of all time, Michael Holding. Lightening speed was his middle name, and he was extremely exciting to watch. My family and I used to love it whenever he destroyed the Australian cricket team’s batting line up.
Michael Anthony Holding (born 16 February 1954) 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. His bowling was smooth and very fast, and he used his height (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in/1.918 m) 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 throughout the world in the seventies and early eighties. During his first-class cricket career, Holding played for Jamaica, Canterbury, Derbyshire, Lancashire and Tasmania.
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Interview with Michael Holding
True legend of the game. Great player back in the 70-80s winning West Indies team. Really enjoy his commentary on sky these days
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I agree. I am glad he is still part of the game as a commentator. Great guy too.
I love a bit of Holding. He and the rest of ‘that’ Windies attack were – and are still – synonymous with cricket and fast bowling.
Yep. That West Indies team was something to watch back in the 70s/80s.