No Holding Back: The Autobiography

(Paperback)

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As a commentator and administrator, Holding has delivered his views on cricket in the same manner that he played the game: he speaks softly with a rich Jamaican rhythm and is calculated in either criticism or compliment. NO HOLDING BACK charts his effortless transition from one of the great players to one of the great pundits.

Holding graphically describes his days as a player, looking back at how he tried to deliberately hurt batsmen on the wastelands of Kingston and his first match for Jamaica when he almost collapsed from exhaustion - after only four overs.

Holding tackles why West Indies have slipped following their halcyon days, openly assesses Brian Lara and laments the hypocrisy over the state of the game in the region.

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Full of valuable insights from this most incisive of cricket commentators, it's also a fascinating account of the life and career of one of the game's greatest exponents--CHOICE
It's more than a sportsman's biography. Holding has forthright opinions about the whole game... A thought-provoking read that will appeal to all cricket lovers--WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY

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Michael Holding was born in Jamaica in 1954 and became one of the most admired cricketers in the modern game, not only at international level but in English county cricket.