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Full name David Anthony Jerome Holford
Born April 16, 1940, Upper Collymore Rock, St Michael, Barbados
Current age 68 years 179 days
Major teams West Indies,Barbados,Trinidad
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Relations Cousin - GS Sobers
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
24
39
5
768
105*
22.58
1
3
1
18
0
First-class
99
149
27
3821
111
31.31
3
20
83
0
List A
12
9
2
135
46
19.28
0
0
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
24
35
4816
2009
51
5/23
6/75
39.39
2.50
94.4
2
1
0
First-class
99
17430
8095
253
8/52
31.99
2.78
68.8
8
2
List A
12
330
250
8
3/29
3/29
31.25
4.54
41.2
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v West Indies at Manchester, Jun 2-4, 1966 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, Apr 15-20, 1977 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1960/61 - 1978/79
List A span
1966 - 1978/79
Profile
The West Indian allrounder David Holford was a handy lower-order batsman and a tidy, if anodyne, legspinner. In his second Test, at Lord's in 1966, he saved the match by adding 274 for the sixth wicket with Garry Sobers, his cousin. Much was expected of him, but in 1968 he was struck down with pleurisy and he was never quite the same player again. Holford's 105 there was his sole Test century, and he only managed one five-for as well, a matchwinning effort against India in Barbados nearly ten years later. In 1977 he was a surprising recruit for Kerry Packer's World Series in 1977. He later managed West Indies, was also chairman of selectors for a time, and a successful agronomist.
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