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About John Holt (cricketer)
- John Kenneth Constantine Holt (known as J.
- K.
- Holt junior) (12 August 1923, Kingston, Jamaica – 3 June 1997, Kingston, Jamaica) was a West Indian cricketer who played in 17 Tests between 1954 and 1959.
- Holt played for Jamaica from 1946 to 1961-62.
- He toured India, Pakistan and Ceylon with the Commonwealth XI in 1949-50, making 838 runs at 39.90, and scoring 162 in the match against Pakistan.
- He spent the English summers of 1950 and 1951 playing for Haslingden in the Lancashire League. He scored 152 for Jamaica against the MCC in 1953-54, and made his Test debut against England a few days later.
- He scored 94 batting at number three in his first innings, and 432 runs at 54.00 in the five-Test series, with a top score of 166 in the Second Test, when he opened the batting for the first time.
- He opened throughout the series against Australia in 1954-55 but was less successful, scoring 251 runs at 25.10.
- He was not selected again until the tour to India and Pakistan in 1958-59, when he was vice-captain to Gerry Alexander.
- In all matches on the tour he scored 1001 runs at 43.52 with three centuries.
- He played in all five Tests in India, scoring 343 runs at 49.00 with a top score of 123 in the Fifth Test.
- He lost form in Pakistan, making only 40 runs in the first two Tests, which Pakistan won, and was replaced by Robin Bynoe. His highest first-class score was 172 for Jamaica against British Guiana in 1947-48. He was awarded the Jamaican Order of Distinction in 1976.His father, Joseph, toured England with the West Indies team in 1923.
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