Michael Holding

Michael Anthony Holding (born February 16, 1954) was a West Indian cricketer. He was known as 'Whispering Death' 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 run-ups of any bowler. His bowling is smooth but very quick and he used his great height (6' 3 1/2") to generate large amounts of bounce off the pitch. He teamed up with the late Malcolm Marshall to devastate many great batting line-ups in the world. He was a natural athlete, who in his early days specialized as a middle-distance sprinter. He is now a broadcaster and often appears on Sky Sports' cricket coverage in the UK.

Links

• Greatest over in Test History at Cricinfo
• "The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey"