Adzil Harcourt Holder (22 October 1931 – 21 March 2019) was a Barbadian

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from 1951 to 1959. Holder's outstanding match was against

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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. 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. He later went to Scotland, where he played as a professional for the Ferguslie, Clydesdale, and Clackmannan County clubs. Holder and his wife Winifred had two daughters.

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