For the filmmaker, see Michael Holding (filmmaker).
Michael Holding
Personal information
Full name
Michael Anthony Holding
Born
(1954-02-16) 16 February 1954 (age 70) Kingston, Jamaica
Nickname
Whispering Death,[1] Mikey
Height
192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm fast
Role
Bowler
International information
National side
West Indies (1975-1987)
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
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1973–1989
Jamaica
1981
Lancashire
1982/83
Tasmania
1983–1989
Derbyshire
1987/88
Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
60
102
222
249
Runs scored
910
282
3,600
1,575
Batting average
13.78
9.09
15.00
12.30
100s/50s
0/6
0/2
0/14
0/7
Top score
73
64
80
69
Balls bowled
12,680
5,473
38,877
12,662
Wickets
249
142
778
343
Bowling average
23.68
21.36
23.43
20.62
5 wickets in innings
13
1
39
3
10 wickets in match
2
0
5
0
Best bowling
8/92
5/26
8/92
8/21
Catches/stumpings
22/–
30/–
125/–
81/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing West Indies
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner
1979 England
Runner-up
1983 England and Wales
Source: CricInfo, 24 May 2009
Michael Anthony Holding (born 16 February 1954) is a Jamaican former cricketer and commentator who played for the West Indies cricket team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pace bowlers in cricket history, he was nicknamed "Whispering Death" due to his silent, light-footed run up to the bowling crease. Holding was a key member of the West Indies team that won the 1979 Cricket World Cup, as well as finishing as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He had the most wickets for his team at the 1979 tournament. His bowling action was renowned for being smooth and extremely fast, and he used his height (192 cm (6 ft 4 in)) to generate large amounts of bounce and zip off the pitch. He was part of the fearsome West Indian pace bowling battery, together with Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Colin Croft, Wayne Daniel, Malcolm Marshall and Sylvester Clarke, that devastated opposing batting line-ups throughout the world in the late seventies and early eighties. Early in his Test career, in 1976, Holding broke the record for best bowling figures in a Test match by a West Indies bowler, 14 wickets for 149 runs (14/149). The record still stands. During his first-class cricket career, Holding played for Jamaica, Canterbury, Derbyshire, Lancashire, and Tasmania. In September 2021, Holding announced his retirement from being a commentator.[2]
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