'Never sledged the opposition' - Holding

In an interview in the Guardian, Michael Holding looks back at the highs of his Test-playing career, his toughest opponents and how he managed to intimidate batsmen.

We bowled bouncers, yes. And the mere fact we could bowl at 90mph was intimidating enough – you didn't have to bowl bouncers to be intimidating. If you look at the footage of guys who actually got hit while we were playing, quite a few of them ducked into bouncers. A lot of them got hit on their fingers. What is wrong with hitting someone on their finger? That just shows you they are incapable of playing a ball at 90mph. You don't put your hand above your head when you are batting.