Michael HOLDING

Michael Holding - West Indies - Test Record v England

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 23 June 1979

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    • POSITION
      Right Arm Fast, Right Hand Bat
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Tuesday, 16 February 1954
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Kingston, Jamaica.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • West Indies
    • CAREER DATES
      1975-1987
    • Test Debut
      Friday, 28th November 1975 1st Test v. Australia at Brisbane Cricket Ground (Aged: 21)
    • Test Career
      Matches: 60
      Runs: 910 Ave: 13.78
      Wkts: 249 Ave: 23.68
      Catches: 22
      Last Test: 1987 1st Test v. New Zealand at Wellington
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Michael HOLDING - West Indies - Test Record v England

Date Test Venue 1st Inns 2nd Inns Batting Ct Result
17/06/76 2 Lord's 19-4-52-1 27-10-56-2 0 & dnb 0 Draw
08/07/76 3 Manchester 14.5-7-17-5 23-15-24-2 3 & dnb 0 Won
22/07/76 4 Leeds 8-2-14-1 14-1-44-3 2 & 4 0 Won
12/08/76 5 The Oval 33-9-92-8 20.4-6-57-6 32 & dnb 0 Won
05/06/80 1 Nottingham 23.5-7-61-1 26-5-65-0 0* & 0* 0 Won
19/06/80 2 Lord's 28-11-67-6 15-5-51-0 0* & dnb 0 Draw
10/07/80 3 Manchester 14-2-46-0 34-8-100-3 4* & dnb 0 Draw
24/07/80 4 The Oval 28-5-67-2 29-7-79-4 22 & dnb 1 Draw
07/08/80 5 Leeds 10-4-34-2 23-2-62-2 35 & dnb 0 Draw
13/02/81 1 Port-of-Spain 11-3-29-0 18-6-38-3 26 & dnb 1 Won
13/03/81 3 Bridgetown 11-7-16-3 19-6-46-2 0 & dnb 0 Won
27/03/81 4 St. John's 18.2-4-51-2 9-2-21-0 58* & dnb 0 Draw
10/04/81 5 Kingston 18-3-56-5 28-7-58-2 0 & dnb 0 Draw
14/06/84 1 Birmingham 16-4-44-2 12-3-29-0 69 & dnb 0 Won
12/07/84 3 Leeds 29.2-8-70-4 7-1-31-0 59 & dnb 0 Won
26/07/84 4 Manchester 21-2-50-1 11-2-21-1 0 & dnb 0 Won
09/08/84 5 The Oval 13-2-55-2 13-2-43-5 0 & 30 1 Won
21/02/86 1 Kingston 7-1-36-2 12-1-52-1 3 & dnb 0 Won
21/03/86 3 Bridgetown 13-4-37-2 10-1-47-3 23 & dnb 0 Won
03/04/86 4 Port-of-Spain 14.4-3-52-3 10-1-45-2 25 & dnb 0 Won
11/04/86 5 St. John's 20-3-71-1 16-3-45-2 73 & dnb 2 Won
 
Summary of above matches
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Summary of all matches
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(Michael is pictured above during the 1979 World Cup final against England at Lord's. Sadly for Mikey he failed to trouble the scorers that day - he was bowled by Ian Botham - so our photographer did rather well to get this snap! Holding fared much better with the ball, returning the excellent figures of 8-1-16-2 as the West Indies dismissed England for 194 to record a 92 run victory, thus retaining the trophy they had won four years earlier at the inaugural World Cup. Michael took a particular liking to England during his Test career, his 21 Tests against them yielding 96 wickets at an average of 21.16, compared to his overall bowling average of 23.69. He fared even better with the bat, scoring 468 runs at the impressive average of 24.63 (his overall average was 13.79), including his Test best score of 73 in his very last Test against England at St. John's, Antigua in April 1986. Michael also made three of his five other half centuries against England; 58* at Antigua in 1981, 69 at Edgbaston in 1984 and 59 at Headingley, again in '84.)