PLAYER CAREER

Michael Holding

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

Player portrait unavailable

Men

West Indies1975–1987

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	60	76	59	70	1975-11-28	1987-02-20
ODI	102	42	42	41	1976-08-26	1987-01-30

162Internationals

1,192Career runs

0Centuries

391Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 60
Innings: 76
Runs: 910
Average: 13.78
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 73
Not outs: 10
100s: 0
50s: 6
Ducks: 15
4s: —
6s: 36
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 60
Innings: 113
Balls: 12,680
Maidens: 459
Runs conceded: 5,898
Wickets: 249
Average: 23.68
Economy: 2.79
Strike rate: 50.92
Best innings: 8/92
Best match: 14/149
4 wickets: 11
5 wickets: 13
10 wickets: 2

Fielding

Matches: 60
Innings: 114
Catches: 22
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 22
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 22
Dismissals / inns: 0.192
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 102
Innings: 42
Runs: 282
Average: 9.09
Strike rate: 74.80
Highest score: 64
Not outs: 11
100s: 0
50s: 2
Ducks: 9
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: 377

Bowling

Matches: 102
Innings: 102
Balls: 5,473
Maidens: 99
Runs conceded: 3,034
Wickets: 142
Average: 21.36
Economy: 3.32
Strike rate: 38.54
Best innings: 5/26
Best match: 5/26
4 wickets: 5
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 102
Innings: 102
Catches: 30
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 30
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 30
Dismissals / inns: 0.294
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

162 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1987-02-20	New Zealand v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1987-01-30	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 6 wickets
1987-01-20	Australia v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 7 wickets
1987-01-17	England v West Indies	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1987-01-04	Australia v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 164 runs
1987-01-03	England v West Indies	ODI	England won by 19 runs
1986-12-30	Pakistan v West Indies	ODI	Pakistan won by 34 runs
1986-04-11	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 240 runs
1986-04-03	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 10 wickets
1986-03-31	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 8 wickets
1986-03-21	England v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by inns & 30 runs
1986-03-19	England v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 135 runs

West Indies

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

197553 runs
1976160 runs
197912 runs
198099 runs
198193 runs
198217 runs
1983168 runs
1984163 runs
198521 runs
1986124 runs
19870 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19754 wickets
197653 wickets
19798 wickets
198033 wickets
198128 wickets
198213 wickets
198342 wickets
198443 wickets
19859 wickets
198616 wickets
19870 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 11 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1987	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	11	2	0	N/A	2.67	N/A
1986	4	4	124	73	31.00	94.65	1	11	6	131	8	16	24.06	3.75	38.50
1985	3	3	21	12	7.00	52.50	0	1	1	40	5	9	24.22	2.65	54.66
1984	10	12	163	69	16.30	74.42	2	14	10	219	19	43	19.46	2.67	43.58
1983	11	12	168	58	14.00	—	1	—	8	—	19	42	27.73	3.02	55.09
1982	2	3	17	9	5.66	54.83	0	1	0	31	4	13	18.23	2.32	47.07
1981	5	6	93	58	18.60	66.90	1	6	5	139	10	28	15.07	2.47	36.60
1980	9	13	99	35	12.37	45.83	0	13	1	216	17	33	28.45	2.66	64.15
1979	2	2	12	11	12.00	38.70	0	2	0	31	4	8	31.00	2.98	62.25
1976	11	17	160	55	10.00	—	1	—	5	—	21	53	20.37	2.66	45.90
1975	2	3	53	34	17.66	52.47	0	11	0	101	4	4	67.00	3.37	119.25

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

197619 runs
19792 runs
198013 runs
198111 runs
198221 runs
198338 runs
198494 runs
198519 runs
19865 runs
198760 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19762 wickets
197914 wickets
198013 wickets
19818 wickets
198214 wickets
198317 wickets
198430 wickets
198535 wickets
19862 wickets
19877 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1987	5	3	60	53	30.00	122.44	1	5	2	49	5	7	18.85	2.96	38.14
1986	3	2	5	5	5.00	55.55	0	0	0	9	3	2	45.50	3.13	87.00
1985	28	6	19	9	3.80	59.37	0	1	0	32	28	35	23.22	3.47	40.05
1984	17	7	94	64	23.50	98.94	1	12	1	95	17	30	19.90	3.67	32.46
1983	14	6	38	20	7.60	61.29	0	—	—	62	14	17	23.58	3.27	43.23
1982	9	5	21	8	5.25	47.72	0	0	1	44	9	14	19.71	3.45	34.28
1981	6	3	11	8	5.50	50.00	0	0	1	22	6	8	19.62	2.88	40.75
1980	8	4	13	8	6.50	61.90	0	0	0	21	8	13	14.00	2.53	33.07
1979	9	4	2	2	0.50	18.18	0	0	0	11	9	14	20.50	3.25	37.78
1976	3	2	19	16	9.50	59.37	0	2	0	32	3	2	49.00	3.76	78.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1975-11-28
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Brisbane
1976-04-07
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v India · Port of Spain
1976-08-12
Best recorded bowling · 8/92
Test v England · The Oval
1986-04-11
Highest recorded innings · 73 runs
Test v England · St John's
1987-02-20
Latest available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Wellington