article_snippet.sent: The perfect English script was ruined here on Friday night by the giant figure of Jason Holder who repelled everything that James Anderson and co could hurl at James Anderson to make James Anderson maiden Test century at No 8 and earn James Anderson side a deserved draw.
article_snippet.sent: Yet that was to be the final English success in a gripping final day of this first Test as Holder, batting with a maturity way beyond Holder batting position and Holder tender years, not only held out but went to Holder century in some style.
article_snippet.sent: Jason Holder gets a pat on the back following Jason Holder superb batting display on day five against England .
article_snippet.sent: Holder leaves the field of play following Holder superb performance on day five against Cook's side .
article_snippet.sent: Holder is first and foremost a fast bowler but Holder has already been made one-day captain by West Indies and now they can regard one-day captain by West Indies, as Sir Viv Richards believes, a genuine all-rounder who can lead one-day captain by West Indies maligned side forward.
article_snippet.sent: Yet after Devon Smith and Jermaine Blackwood, who became the only casualty between lunch and tea, had thrown 500 wickets away with two of the worst shots any side seeking a draw can ever have played in Test cricket, Holder stepped forward to save the day.
article_snippet.sent: Holder’s unbeaten 103, sealed with two majestic straight boundaries off James Tredwell, could have ended on 66 when Billy Bowden gave Holder’s out caught down the legside even though Anderson barely appealed.
article_snippet.sent: Technology rightly reinstated Holder who then, agonisingly for England, could have been caught in bizarre fashion when Holder’s drove James Tredwell's into Gary Ballance’s boot at silly mid-off only to see the ball balloon up just out of the reach of the diving bowler.