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Tom Harkness

'My heart says that the title is a fight between Miller, early Botham and late Imran. I think a true allrounder needs to be a match winner in all disciplines, and whilst Sobers is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) players of all time, I put him in the Kallis mould: a fantastic batsman and a capable, but not a match-winning bowler'

Adnan Alavi

'Glamour in cricket came with Imran and almost went with his departure. He is an icon, and cannot be compared with anyone else'

Raja Mohandes

'It irks me to see people vote for Wasim Akram. While he is surely one of the best bowlers of all time, it is ridiculous to call him an allrounder'
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David Holford

West Indies

Player profile

Full name David Anthony Jerome Holford
Born April 16, 1940, Upper Collymore Rock, St Michael, Barbados
Current age 68 years 144 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
Tests	24	39	5	768	105*	22.58	1	3	1	18
First-class	99	149	27	3821	111	31.31	3	20		83
List A	12	9	2	135	46	19.28	0	0		4

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.
Martin Williamson