Pause, rewind, play: Michael Holding, Geoffrey Boycott and the greatest over ever bowled’
In the 1981 Bridgetown Test, Holding bowled six perfect balls before ending Boycott’s ordeal in such a striking manner that it ended up immortalising the over. File photo of Michael Holding | Screenshot / Cricket Australia
For years [Andy] Roberts opened the bowling, followed by [Michael] Holding. Then, one day in 1981, in a Test against England at Bridgetown in Barbados, captain Clive Lloyd told Holding his time had come.
“Which end do you want to bowl from?” he asked.
“Whichever end Andy doesn’t want,” replied Holding, who did not believe the time had come.