Former cricket Captain David Holford dies at 82

Captain David Holford- Former West Indies all-rounder cricket from Barbados passed away on Tuesday due aged 82. According to reports, he had been ill for some time.

He was a lower-middle-order batsman and legspinner who played 24 Tests for the West Indies between 1966 and 1977, taking 51 wickets and amassing 768 runs with a century.

In the 1970s, he captained Barbados and guided them to five Shell Shield victories. He also served as a representative for Trinidad & Tobago.

Holford was the first cricketer in the league to achieve 1000 runs and take 100 wickets. In 1978, he appeared in the Kerry Packer series.

His career highlight came against England at Old Trafford in 1966, when he made a controlled 32 while sharing a 127-run stand with his cousin Garfield Sobers. In this interview, he discussed the knock and his favourite recollection of scooping up Fred Titmus as his first international scalp.

With another large partnership with Sobers, he scored a match-saving 105 in the following test at Lord's, coming in with West Indies in trouble at 95 for 5 in the second innings. This time, it was a 260-run run-stand that got them out of trouble. The West Indies eventually won the series 3-1.

His finest bowling performance was against India in Barbados in 1975, when he took 5 for 23.

His career was launched after he dropped out of Harrison College and joined the Spartan Club. He returned to the company as President after his retirement. Throughout addition, in the 1990s, he served as Director of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), Chairman of the Selection Committee, and Manager of the West Indies side.