APART from his effortless glide to the crease, the other reason Michael Holding was nicknamed Whispering Death was that, on the field, he never said a word to the opposing batsmen.
He may have been one of the most fearsome fast bowlers of his time and, as anyone who witnessed his infamous barrage against the helmletless Dad’s Army of John Edrich (38) and Brian Close (45) in the Old Trafford Test of 1976 will testify, he could be among the most physically intimidating.
But, as with the other pacemen who helped West Indies flatten every team in their path for more than a decade, once at...