HAVE you ever heard Michael Holding compare and rank great bowlers of yesteryear? You haven’t and that is because he doesn’t.
It is one of his trademarks on commentary, arguing that is not fair to measure cricketers who were not contemporaries. Given Whispering Death is arguably the greatest quick to ever lace up the bowling boots (in the semi-finals at least), it is a view listening to.
So, that he told TCP this week that Jimmy Anderson is “top of the pile” of all the swing bowlers he has ever seen, it counts for double! The Jamaican legend was effusive that the ski...