Apart From The Big Three, Every Team Is Barely Playing Tests: Jason Holder
Jason Holder in action [Source: AP]
Jason Holder created history on Day 2 of the ongoing first Test between South Africa and West Indies when he reached a personal milestone of 150 wickets.
Holder thus became only the second all-rounder after the great Sir Garry Sobers to pick up 150 wickets and score 2,500 runs in Tests for West Indies.
In 61 red-ball games for the Windies, the former captain has 150 wickets and 2,626 runs.
He claimed Keegan Petersen's wicket in the dying moments on Day 2, leaving South Africa in disarray.
Speaking after stumps on day 2, Holder, in an interaction with the media, said that breaking Sober's record of 93 Tests is impossible given how little five-day cricket West Indies play.
West Indies will play only two Tests this year, with a total of 24 in the current FTP, which is less in comparison to teams like England, Australia and India.
Here's what Holder said
"The way world cricket is going now, apart from the big three, every team is barely playing any Test cricket. We average six to eight Test matches over the last three years. This year we've got six, next year around six. You have to be in the XI for every single game to get anywhere close to 100 Tests."
The 31-year-old further gave the example of Kraigg Braithwaite and Joe Root, where the former started playing Test cricket earlier and currently sits on 83 red-ball matches, in comparison to the latter's 129.
South African pacer Anrich Nortje echoed similar views about him not even playing 50 Tests, given how few Tests the Proteas play.
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