Garfield Robinson on Michael Holding’s greatest over to Geoffrey Boycott

Poetry in motion: Michael Holding bowling.

Inset: Geoffrey Boycott has his stumps removed by Holding’s unplayable sixth ball
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M ichael Holding was quick. His long approach to the wicket silken, weightless, and at the end of it the ball was propelled from a picture-perfect action at a pace sometimes as rapid as any ever bowled. In good rhythm and at full throttle on a responsive surface you felt pity for the poor batsman at the other end. The Jamaican possessed many of the skills ...