New Zealand uncover Murali Mould

"He was able to bowl like Muttiah Muralitharan and that stood out immediately. The management expressed interesting in Holmes and after following up we made it possible for him to fly out to Sri Lanka."

Holmes, on a gap year between secondary school and college, said he never modeled himself on Murali - that's just the way he bowls. "I think wherever I have bowled people have been quick to observe the resemblances between myself and Murali, but I have never felt pressure from the comparisons. In Colombo I just tried to ensure the players were benefiting from me bowling at them.