Michael Holding

[vcs]

Holding also doesn't rate Gavaskar very highly, thinking of him as a bit of a flat track bully.

Very interesting person to listen to.

Yeah, comes across that way in his book "Whispering Death" as well. Interestingly, he rates Miandad as more of a batsman who'd knuckle down and do well regardless of conditions, which contrasts with the respective records of Miandad and Gavaskar against W. Indies.

 

[smash84]

Yeah, comes across that way in his book "Whispering Death" as well. Interestingly, he rates Miandad as more of a batsman who'd knuckle down and do well regardless of conditions, which contrasts with the respective records of Miandad and Gavaskar against W. Indies.

true. Miandad was quite ordinary against the WI until 1988. Imran never rated Maindad highly before 1988 precisely because of the same reason.

 

[smash84]

I doubt it. Here is Holding in an Interview :-

Best batsmen bowled at: It would depend a lot on the conditions. There were so many good players: Geoffrey Boycott, Sunil Gavaskar, the two Chappell brothers Greg and Ian, and it took different circumstances to get them out. On a flat pitch, Gavaskar seemed immoveable.

My Sport: Michael Holding - Telegraph

great intreview

 

[smash84]

He doesn't think very highly of Sehwag does he

PakPassion.Net: Virender Sehwag is a batsman that quite a number of modern day bowlers have faced and been carted around the pitch. Now what would have been your plan against someone like Sehwag? And did you ever come up against someone similar in approach and technique?

Michael Holding: I think I came up against better batsmen than Sehwag ever can be! I think people like Majid Khan, Javed Miandad, Zaheer Abbas – I think I have gone up against better batsman than Sehwag. Sehwag hammers the ball all around. His technique is a bit ordinary though too. He loves the ball outside his off stump. If I was to bowl at Sehwag, he would not see a ball outside his off stump unless he was sleeping and dreaming! You would see every ball in line with his body and that is how you've got to bowl to Sehwag. Give him nothing outside his off stump, bring the ball in to him every delivery, and cramp him for room. Don't give him any room outside his off stump for him to extend those arms and we'll see how he’ll score runs then! I am not saying that he will not score runs at all but he certainly won't score as fluently as he is scoring now outside the off stump.

 

[vcs]

He doesn't think very highly of Sehwag does he

PakPassion.Net: Virender Sehwag is a batsman that quite a number of modern day bowlers have faced and been carted around the pitch. Now what would have been your plan against someone like Sehwag? And did you ever come up against someone similar in approach and technique?

Michael Holding: I think I came up against better batsmen than Sehwag ever can be! I think people like Majid Khan, Javed Miandad, Zaheer Abbas – I think I have gone up against better batsman than Sehwag. Sehwag hammers the ball all around. His technique is a bit ordinary though too. He loves the ball outside his off stump. If I was to bowl at Sehwag, he would not see a ball outside his off stump unless he was sleeping and dreaming! You would see every ball in line with his body and that is how you've got to bowl to Sehwag. Give him nothing outside his off stump, bring the ball in to him every delivery, and cramp him for room. Don't give him any room outside his off stump for him to extend those arms and we'll see how he’ll score runs then! I am not saying that he will not score runs at all but he certainly won't score as fluently as he is scoring now outside the off stump.

Yeah I already posted that on the last page. Add another one to the list of people who rate Sehwag based on how much he moves his feet, rather than how many runs he scores.

 

[smash84]

which countries are the ones that sehwag has to prove himself in?

 

[Bun]

which countries are the ones that sehwag has to prove himself in?

South Africa. He has nothing to show apart from his debut century coming at no.5 there. England too has been dicey

 

[Sanz]

Yes, he says repeatedly that on a pitch that assisted bowlers, he wasn't very hard. How Amarnath was better even in the Indian team when the ball did things. Calls Gavaskar a 'fair weather batsman'.

Yeah, comes across that way in his book "Whispering Death" as well. Interestingly, he rates Miandad as more of a batsman who'd knuckle down and do well regardless of conditions, which contrasts with the respective records of Miandad and Gavaskar against W. Indies.

If he really said that then I will have to take his opinion little less seriously in the future because having watched Gavaskar for more than 10 years it did not seem so.

Gavaskar played 10 Test matches against Holding and here is his record :-

Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[vcs]

which countries are the ones that sehwag has to prove himself in?

He has proved himself to varying extents in most places. Has centuries in England and SA, but overall a disappointing average there by his standards. Hasn't done well in NZ also.

 

[smash84]

Ian Chappell rates him very very highly. So I guess every analyst has their own favorites.

 

[Sanz]

South Africa. He has nothing to show apart from his debut century coming at no.5 there. England too has been dicey

So why does a Century @ No. 5 does not count ?

 

[Smudge]

He doesn't think very highly of Sehwag does he

PakPassion.Net: Virender Sehwag is a batsman that quite a number of modern day bowlers have faced and been carted around the pitch. Now what would have been your plan against someone like Sehwag? And did you ever come up against someone similar in approach and technique?

Michael Holding: I think I came up against better batsmen than Sehwag ever can be! I think people like Majid Khan, Javed Miandad, Zaheer Abbas – I think I have gone up against better batsman than Sehwag. Sehwag hammers the ball all around. His technique is a bit ordinary though too. He loves the ball outside his off stump. If I was to bowl at Sehwag, he would not see a ball outside his off stump unless he was sleeping and dreaming! You would see every ball in line with his body and that is how you've got to bowl to Sehwag. Give him nothing outside his off stump, bring the ball in to him every delivery, and cramp him for room. Don't give him any room outside his off stump for him to extend those arms and we'll see how he’ll score runs then! I am not saying that he will not score runs at all but he certainly won't score as fluently as he is scoring now outside the off stump.

Looks like a fake interview to me.

 

[silentstriker]

He's a fast bowler - it makes sense he'd back himself. Plus, his strategy against Sehwag is hardly revolutionary.

 

[Fusion]

Looks like a fake interview to me.

The quality of the posters on that website maybe suspect (IMHO anyway), but their connections/interviews are anything but. They regularly land interviews with big names.

 

[Sanz]

The quality of the posters on that website maybe suspect (IMHO anyway), but their connections/interviews are anything but. They regularly land interviews with big names.

For some reason I found that hilarious.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Looks like a fake interview to me.

Go to their website and hear the audio version of the interview if you want more confirmation.

 

[vcs]

If Holding was bowling anything like he did at the Oval in '76, he'd get Sehwag out on any track.

That said, while I respect his opinion on Sehwag (he's probably my all-time favourite fast bowler), I couldn't disagree more with him.

 

[smash84]

Looks like a fake interview to me.

you can go and check out the audio of the interview at their website.

 

[smash84]

He's a fast bowler - it makes sense he'd back himself. Plus, his strategy against Sehwag is hardly revolutionary.

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