India in England 2018

Hardik Pandya not a Test allrounder yet - Holding

Aug 16, 2018: Michael Holding believes Hardik Pandya is not effective as a batsman and lacks control and consistency with the ball

Eliminating extras, and the funniest sledge

Jun 20, 2017: And which players have scored most runs and taken most wickets in the history of the Champions Trophy?

Sabina Park's 50th Test

My Sabina days

Apr 21, 2017: One of West Indies' all-time great fast bowlers remembers the ground in his boyhood and Test cricket days

Four six-fors in a Test, and the highest last-wicket stand in ODIs

Mar 14, 2017: Also: who missed the largest number of Tests over the course of a career?

Tony Cozier 1940-2016

'Tony Cozier's right up there with Garry Sobers' - Holding

May 11, 2016: Michael Holding pays tribute to Tony Cozier, who was covering cricket when Holding began playing for West Indies, and then helped the fast bowler start his commentary career

When the four-man apocalypse hit Australia

Dec 8, 2015: Looking back at West Indies' first series win down under

Brian Close 1931-2015

Close's toughness 'legendary' - Holding

Sep 15, 2015: Michael Holding has described Brian Close, who died on Sunday, as one of the "toughest people in the game"

'There's too much lip service about the sanctity of Test cricket'

May 21, 2015: Michael Holding on his regrets over West Indies' behaviour in New Zealand in 1980, why Mohammad Amir deserves a second chance, and how crazy workloads are killing cricket

India v West Indies, World Cup 2015, Group B, Perth

Holding slams 'irresponsible' WI batting

Mar 6, 2015: Former fast bowler Michael Holding was scathing in his criticism of West Indies, calling the team's batting against India "reckless and irresponsible"

The age of player power

Oct 29, 2014: Players, emboldened by free agency, agents and endorsements, are now asserting their rights as never before - and management doesn't like it

India news

Holding in talks with Baroda for bowling role

Jun 8, 2014: Michael Holding, the former West Indies fast bowler, has said that he is in talks with Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) for the role of bowling consultant

Australia in South Africa 2013-14

Johnson the avenging angel

Feb 17, 2014: Michael Holding believes Mitchell Johnson's reign of pace bowling terror is providing an overdue reckoning for batsmen grown impure of technique and slow of reaction by years of bullying bowlers of nothing like the same speed

West Indies news

Holding slams WICB for treatment of seniors

May 24, 2012: Michael Holding has slammed the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for its treatment of senior players, including Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Jerome Taylor

Argus review recommendations

Australia had to change - Holding

Aug 23, 2011: Michael Holding, the former West Indies fast bowler, has said that the changes Australia has made in the wake of the sweeping Argus review were necessary

Decision Review System

Holding not a fan of ball-tracking technology

Jul 6, 2011: Former West Indies fast bowler and noted commentator Michael Holding has backed the use of technology in umpiring decisions, though he believes ball-tracking should be done away with since it is inaccurate

No Holding Back: The Autobiography

Too fast on the past

Jul 11, 2010: The story of Michael Holding's life as a West Indian quick and a TV commentator is related with typical honesty and vibrancy, but it could have been explored in greater detail

Zimbabwe in West Indies 2009-10

Can't buy me sense

Mar 7, 2010: While Twenty20 riches can buy diamond earrings, gold chains, designer watches and lifelong financial security for West Indies' players, they can't guarantee basic cricketing sense

Lay off the legends

Jul 30, 2009: Lloyd and Holding are entitled to criticise the West Indies players - they've been in those shoes

West Indies contracts row

WIPA hits back at Lloyd and Holding

Jul 28, 2009: The West Indies Players' Association has strongly defended itself against criticism from former cricketers Clive Lloyd and Michael Holding

West Indies contracts row

Lloyd and Holding slam WICB, WIPA

Jul 23, 2009: Clive Lloyd and Michael Holding have blamed the WICB and WIPA for dragging West Indian cricket into a corner