West Indies captain Jason Holder registered his career-best figure 6 for 42 on the second day of the first Test match against England in Southampton on Thursday. His masterpiece halted England’s first inning at 204 runs before the visitors lost their one wicket for 57 runs at the end of the day. The allrounder, however, believes that he further has a massive job left to do with his bat.
Ahead of the match, Jason Holder had complained about the pain in the ankle during the warm-up matches. But his injury didn’t affect his job at Ageas Bowl as he dismantled the opposition with his accuracy. He dismissed England’s lynchpin and stand-in captain Ben Stokes who scored 43 runs and shared a 67-run stand with Jos Buttler for the sixth wicket. Their partnership would have hurt the Caribbeans but Holder demolished them before they could become dangerous.
My Test is far from over: Jason Holder
Jason Holder, the no. 1 Test allrounder, scalped the wickets of Ben Stokes, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood. After returning with his best bowling figures, the towering paceman opines that he wants to fulfil his wish to score a hundred in England.
“I have done a good job so far but my Test is far from over,” Holder told reporters.
“I have a massive contribution to make with the bat,” the 28-year-old added.
“One of the things I have always strived to do is to score a hundred in England and get a five-wicket haul. I’ve ticked one box, now it’s time to knuckle down and get a hundred.”
West Indies have not won a Test series in England since 1988 but they hold the Wisden Trophy after a 2-1 success in the Caribbean last year.
However, West Indies had a promising start on the second day before the match was called off due to bad light. England pacer James Anderson was the only one to pick the wicket of the opening batsman John Campbell.