Ian Holland

Ian Holland
Holland in 2023
Personal information
Full name
Ian Gabriel Holland
Born (1990-10-03) 3 October 1990
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)
2019→ Northamptonshire (on loan)
2024→ Leicestershire (on loan)
2024–PresentWashington Freedom
2025–2026Leicestershire (squad no. 22)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 15 6 96 71
Runs scored 368 47 3,671 1,145
Batting average 26.28 23.50 25.85 22.90
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 5/19 0/6
Top score 75 39* 146* 77
Balls bowled 628 138 10,526 3,194
Wickets 19 10 172 91
Bowling average 24.52 8.90 27.81 27.83
5 wickets in innings 0 0 3 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/11 2/3 6/60 5/35
Catches/stumpings 6/– 1/– 47/– 26/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 August 2026

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

Early life

Holland was born in Wisconsin to an American mother and British-born Australian father. They moved to Australia when he was two years old, and he grew up in Melbourne.[4] In 2012, when he was 21, he won the Australian cricket-based reality television series Cricket Superstar.[4]

Domestic career

Holland earned his first contract with Victoria after winning Cricket Superstar.[5] He made his first-class debut for Victoria on 3 February 2016 in the 2015–16 Sheffield Shield.[6]

He made his List A debut for the English side Hampshire in the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup on 27 April 2017.[7] He made his Twenty20 cricket debut, also for Hampshire, in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 3 August 2017.[8]

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.[9]

International career

In December 2019, he was named in the United States' One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series.[10] He made his ODI debut for the United States, against the United Arab Emirates on 8 December 2019.[11]

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.[12] He made his T20I debut on 7 November 2021, for the United States against Belize.[13]

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.[14] The following month, he was one of twelve players to sign a three-month central contract with USA Cricket.[15] In November 2019, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[16] On 11 November 2019, he made his debut for the United States, against Guyana.[17]

Ian Holland later left international cricket because he frequently missed USA international cricket commitment. He focused on English county cricket and scheduling conflicts with his county cricket duties for Hampshire.[18] but he has been praised as a key talent for USA with a strong "change-of-pace" skillset.[19]

References

  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. 1 2 Cameron, Louis (8 May 2022). "How the 'Cricket Superstar' earned his stripes". Cricket.com.au. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Ian Holland’s journey from Cricket Superstar to Sheffield Shield debut", Fox Sports. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Sheffield Shield, 16th Match: Victoria v Tasmania at Melbourne, Feb 3-5, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Royal London One-Day Cup, South Group: Kent v Hampshire at Canterbury, Apr 27, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "South Group (D/N), NatWest t20 Blast at London, Aug 3, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Ian Holland claims six-wicket haul before rain intervenes at Arundel". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Team USA Men's Squad Announced for ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 series in UAE". USA Cricket. December 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "1st Match, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 at Sharjah, Dec 8 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  12. ↑ "Team USA Men's Squad Named for T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier in Antigua". USA Cricket. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  13. ↑ "1st Match, Coolidge, Nov 7 2021, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  14. ↑ "Former SA pacer Rusty Theron named in USA squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  15. ↑ "Five USA players get 12-month contracts; three pull out of Global T20 Canada". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  16. ↑ "Team USA Men's Squad Announced for return to Cricket West Indies Super50 tournament". USA Cricket. November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  17. ↑ "Jaguars just get over the line as USA come up 13 runs short". USA Cricket. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  18. ↑ https://www.espn.in/cricket/story/_/id/34351960/icc-cricket-world-cup-league-2-scotland-ian-holland-returns-usa-squad-scotland-odi-tour#:~:text=Allrounder%20Ian%20Holland%2C%20who%20has,August%2010%20to%20August%2017.
  19. ↑ https://1709cricket.com/usa-were-missing-this-ian-hollands-game-changing-comeback/#:~:text=Game%2DChanging%20Comeback-,%E2%80%9CUSA%20Were%20Missing%20This!%E2%80%9D%20%E2%80%93%20Ian%20Holland's%20Game%2D,no%20influence%20from%20each%20other.
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