| Adzil Holder | |
| Fullname: | Adzil Harcourt Holder |
| Birth Date: | 22 October 1931 |
| Birth Place: | Joe's River, Saint Joseph, Barbados |
| Death Place: | Foul Bay, Saint Philip, Barbados |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Year1: | 1951-52 to 1958-59 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 11 |
| Runs1: | 251 |
| Bat Avg1: | 20.91 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 52 |
| Deliveries1: | 2406 |
| Wickets1: | 26 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 34.92 |
| Fivefor1: | 3 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/38 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 5/– |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52524.html Cricinfo |
| Date: | 26 June 2018 |
Adzil Harcourt Holder (22 October 1931 - 21 March 2019) was a Barbadian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Barbados from 1951 to 1959.
Holder's outstanding match was against Trinidad in 1956–57, when he took 7 for 38 with his left-arm spin in the first innings and then made 52 batting at number 10, he and Frank King added 78 for the last wicket in 64 minutes; Barbados won by an innings.[1] Later that season he played in the 12-a-side trial matches for the forthcoming tour of England. He took 6 for 60 in the second innings of the second trial match, but was not selected for the tour.[2]
He later went to Scotland, where he played as a professional for the Ferguslie, Clydesdale, and Clackmannan County clubs.[3] [4] [5]
Holder and his wife Winifred had two daughters.[6]