{{Short description|Australian cricketer (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Baxter Holt | full_name = Baxter Jason Holt | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|10|21}} | birth_place = Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = Wicket-keeper-batsman | club1 = Sydney Thunder | year1 = {{nowrap|2018/19–2021/22}} | clubnumber1 = 27 | club2 = New South Wales | year2 = {{nowrap|2018/19–2022/23}} | clubnumber2 = | club3 = Western Australia | year3 = {{nowrap|2024/25–2025/26}} | clubnumber3 = | columns = 3 | hidedeliveries = true
| column1 = FC | matches1 = 12 | runs1 = 363 | bat avg1 = 21.35 | 100s/50s1 = 0/1 | top score1 = 54 | catches/stumpings1 = 38/2
| column2 = LA | matches2 = 8 | runs2 = 122 | bat avg2 = 20.33 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 41* | catches/stumpings2 = 14/2
| column3 = T20 | matches3 = 9 | runs3 = 84 | bat avg3 = 14.00 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 37 | catches/stumpings3 = 8/2
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/1126693.html Cricinfo | date = 20 May | year = 2026 }} '''Baxter Jason Holt''' (born 21 October 1999) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-handed wicket-keeper-batsman. Holt has represented both his native New South Wales and Western Australia in Australian domestic cricket. He is a graduate from The King's School, Parramatta.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/1126693.html|title=Baxter Holt profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122010406/https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/1126693.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018 he played for the Australia national under-19 cricket team<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kishore |first=Shashank |date=22 January 2018 |title=Alyssa Healy-inspired Holt eyes the ultimate prize |url=http://www.espn.com/cricket/story/_/id/22181538/alyssa-healy-inspired-baxter-holt-eyes-ultimate-prize |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> and has previously played for Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League
==Career== On 30 January 2019 Holt made his Twenty20 debut for Sydney Thunder during the 2018-19 Big Bash League season against the Melbourne Renegades, hitting 37 from 28 deliveries and adding 2 catches and a stumping.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/domestic-cricket/big-bash/live-blog-melbourne-renegades-vs-sydney-thunder/news-story/df0a96d226f623a64490d38c547b0854|title = Melbourne Renegades defeat Sydney Thunder to move into second on BBL ladder and secure finals berth|date = 30 January 2019}}</ref> He made his first-class debut for New South Wales in the 2018–19 Sheffield Shield season on 20 March 2019.<ref name="FC">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1150135.html |title=28th match, Sheffield Shield at Hobart, Mar 20-23 2019 |accessdate=20 March 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
Holt has been mentored by Southern Stars wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy and is studying for a bachelor's degree in sports science from the University of Technology and Science in Sydney.<ref name=":0" /> He made his List A debut on 24 November 2021, for New South Wales in the 2021–22 Marsh One-Day Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1270479.html |title=8th Match, Sydney, Nov 24 2021, The Marsh Cup |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref>
In 2024, Holt moved to play for the Western Australia cricket team.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Nic |title=Four West Australian cricketers forgo state contracts to become freelance guns-for-hire |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/four-west-australian-cricketers-forgo-state-contracts-to-become-freelance-gunsforhire/news-story/6d3e96537ceea5ad70cb532f51a662ee |access-date=16 December 2024 |work=Fox Sports |date=20 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
Holt was delisted by Western Australia at the end of the 2025-26 season, having played One-Day cricket for the state, but having never played first-class cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4489106/western-australia-mens-domestic-contract-list-2026-27-keiran-elliot-malajczuk-murray-added-gannon-jackson-kelly-wyllie-out|title=Jackson, Wyllie out, Gannon on the move as WA refresh list|publisher=Cricket.com.au|date=17 April 2026}}</ref>
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