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Tag: Jason Holder

July 9, 2020 England / West Indies

How much more responsibility could Jason Holder possibly take on?

< 1 minute readThe answer is ‘none’. None more responsibility. Jason Holder is a parsimonious line bowler of immaculate line and length. He is also a two-metre strike bowler, who seams the ball plenty. He’s a decent bat too, not to mention an absolutely peerless anti-Lumbergh of a captain. Now it turns out

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February 13, 2019 England / West Indies

Jason Holder is not Bill Lumbergh

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February 3, 2019 England / West Indies

Bairstow versus Bravo: a tale of two fifties (and what they say about England and the West Indies)

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January 1, 2019 West Indies

Jason Holder: Lord Megachief of Gold 2018

3 minute readOur annual Lord Megachief of Gold award is the highest honour in cricket. The title is recognition of performance over the previous calendar year. Here are all the winners.

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August 18, 2017 England / West Indies

Jason Holder’s old ball half-over

< 1 minute readMany things happened during the UK’s first day-night of Test cricket, but the most memorable was the 81st over. The whole focus of the day was on what would happen when a new pink ball was used under lights – but no-one told the captain of the bowling side. It

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July 4, 2017 India / West Indies

Jason Holder starts to play how you always imagined he would

< 1 minute readIndia failed to chase down 190 against the West Indies and there were a couple of prominent reasons for this. Firstly, MS Dhoni hit India’s slowest half-century in 16 years – although ‘hit’ seems an entirely inappropriate word to use for an innings of 54 off 114 balls. MS Dhoni

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April 18, 2015 England / West Indies

So that’s why Jason Holder’s going to be Test captain

< 1 minute readIf you envision the next Chanderpaul, the first thing you picture is a younger version of the current Chanderpaul – a crabby, left-handed batsman who has Chanderpaul’s face and Chanderpaul’s oversized cricket gear. What you don’t picture is a two metre tall right-hander who’s actually a bowler. Nevertheless, Jason Holder

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