Ian Gabriel Holland (born 3 October 1990) is an American cricketer who plays for the United States cricket team and for Hampshire County Cricket Club in England.[2] He has also played domestic cricket in Australia.[3]

Ian Holland
Holland in 2023
Personal information
Full name
Ian Gabriel Holland
Born (1990-10-03) 3 October 1990 (age 34)
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States
NicknameDutchy[1]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 30)8 December 2019 v UAE
Last ODI26 November 2022 v Namibia
T20I debut (cap 17)7 November 2021 v Belize
Last T20I13 November 2021 v Bahamas
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015/16Victoria (squad no. 30)
2017–2024Hampshire (squad no. 22)
2019Northamptonshire (on loan)
2024Leicestershire (on loan)
2024Washington Freedom
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 15 6 77 57
Runs scored 368 47 2,928 926
Batting average 26.28 23.50 25.91 23.74
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 5/13 0/5
Top score 75 39* 146* 75
Balls bowled 628 138 7,276 2,498
Wickets 19 10 110 71
Bowling average 24.52 8.90 30.81 27.69
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/11 2/3 6/60 5/35
Catches/stumpings 6/– 1/– 38/– 23/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 September 2024

Career

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Holland made his first-class debut for Victoria on 3 February 2016 in the 2015–16 Sheffield Shield.[4] Holland earned his first contract with Victoria by winning Cricket Superstar, a reality TV series.[5]

He made his List A debut for the English side Hampshire in the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup on 27 April 2017.[6] He made his Twenty20 cricket debut, also for Hampshire, in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 3 August 2017.[7]

Holland holds a United States passport.[8] In June 2019, he was named in a 30-man training squad for the United States cricket team, ahead of the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Bermuda.[8] The following month, he was one of twelve players to sign a three-month central contract with USA Cricket.[9] In November 2019, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[10] On 11 November 2019, he made his debut for the United States, against Guyana.[11]

In December 2019, he was named in the United States' One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series.[12] He made his ODI debut for the United States, against the United Arab Emirates on 8 December 2019.[13]

In August 2020, in the third round of matches in the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy, Holland took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[14]

In October 2021, he was named in the American Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Antigua.[15] He made his T20I debut on 7 November 2021, for the United States against Belize.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Ian Holland". www.cricket.com.au. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Associate player roundup from Round 2 of the Bob Willis Trophy". Emerging Cricket. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Ian Holland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Sheffield Shield, 16th Match: Victoria v Tasmania at Melbourne, Feb 3-5, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Ian Holland’s journey from Cricket Superstar to Sheffield Shield debut", Fox Sports. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Royal London One-Day Cup, South Group: Kent v Hampshire at Canterbury, Apr 27, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  7. ^ "South Group (D/N), NatWest t20 Blast at London, Aug 3, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Former SA pacer Rusty Theron named in USA squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Five USA players get 12-month contracts; three pull out of Global T20 Canada". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Team USA Men's Squad Announced for return to Cricket West Indies Super50 tournament". USA Cricket. November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Jaguars just get over the line as USA come up 13 runs short". USA Cricket. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Team USA Men's Squad Announced for ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 series in UAE". USA Cricket. December 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  13. ^ "1st Match, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 at Sharjah, Dec 8 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Ian Holland claims six-wicket haul before rain intervenes at Arundel". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Team USA Men's Squad Named for T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier in Antigua". USA Cricket. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  16. ^ "1st Match, Coolidge, Nov 7 2021, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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