How Holder defied cynics to instil belief into his team

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Peter Hayter explains how mental strength emanating from captain Jason Holder was behind West Indies’ second Test recovery

Such was the scale of West Indies’ defeat in the first Investec Test against England at Edgbaston, the depth of their humiliation following the loss off 19 wickets on the final day, and the severity of the criticism aimed at them by some of the greatest names in their cricketing history, that even if their skipper Jason Holder had demonstrated the combined oratorical skills of Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, any attempt to convin...

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