No Holding back - West Indies coach and board must sort their act out

It takes a lot to rile Michael Holding. But you’ll know when he’s riled. In 1976, he responded to England captain Tony Greig’s promise to make the West Indies ‘grovel’ with a quietly furious fast-bowling performance to rank with any.

Four years later, he kicked over two stumps - elegantly, of course - in Dunedin out of frustration at some shameless home-town umpiring against New Zealand.

More than three decades on, when we meet in Newmarket - his home for half the year while he indulges his love of Flat racing - to discuss the plight of the current West Indies team, it is clear the fire has not left him.