Ian Holland

{{short description|American cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Ian Holland | image = 2 12 Ian Holland.jpg | caption = Holland in 2023 | fullname = Ian Gabriel Holland | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|10|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States | nickname = Dutchy<ref>{{cite web |title=Ian Holland |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/players/CA:499/ian-holland |website=www.cricket.com.au |access-date=10 March 2024 |language=en |date=8 May 2022}}</ref> | heightm = 1.83 | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = All-rounder

| club1 = Victoria | year1 = 2015/16 | clubnumber1 = 30 | club2 = Hampshire | year2 = {{nowrap|2017–2024}} | clubnumber2 = 22 | club3 = → Northamptonshire <small>(on loan)</small> | year3 = 2019 | club4 = → Leicestershire <small>(on loan)</small> | year4 = 2024 | club5 = Washington Freedom | year5 = 2024–2025 | club6 = Leicestershire | year6 = 2025–2026 | clubnumber6 = 22

| country = United States | international = true

| columns = 4

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/334340.html Cricinfo | date = 17 May | year = 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://emergingcricket.com/news/am-roundup-round-2-bob-willis-trophy/ |title=Associate player roundup from Round 2 of the Bob Willis Trophy |work=Emerging Cricket |date=12 August 2020 |access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> He has also played domestic cricket in Australia.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/334340.html |title=Ian Holland |access-date=5 February 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

==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.<ref name=LC>{{cite news |last1=Cameron |first1=Louis |title=How the 'Cricket Superstar' earned his stripes |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3314946/how-the-cricket-superstar-earned-his-stripes |access-date=26 April 2025 |work=Cricket.com.au |date=8 May 2022}}</ref> In 2012, when he was 21, he won the Australian cricket-based reality television series ''Cricket Superstar''.<ref name=LC/>

== Domestic Career == Holland earned his first contract with Victoria after winning ''Cricket Superstar''.<ref>[http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/domestic-cricket/sheffield-shield/ian-hollands-journey-from-cricket-superstar-to-sheffield-shield-debut/news-story/b8587a5120fb0012983efa0c81a71733 "Ian Holland’s journey from Cricket Superstar to Sheffield Shield debut"], Fox Sports. Retrieved 19 November 2016.</ref> He made his first-class debut for Victoria on 3 February 2016 in the 2015–16 Sheffield Shield.<ref name="FC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/895943.html |title=Sheffield Shield, 16th Match: Victoria v Tasmania at Melbourne, Feb 3-5, 2016 |access-date=5 February 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

He made his List A debut for the English side Hampshire in the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup on 27 April 2017.<ref name="LA">{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068434.html |title=Royal London One-Day Cup, South Group: Kent v Hampshire at Canterbury, Apr 27, 2017 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 April 2017 }}</ref> He made his Twenty20 cricket debut, also for Hampshire, in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 3 August 2017.<ref name="T20">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068381.html |title=South Group (D/N), NatWest t20 Blast at London, Aug 3, 2017 |access-date=4 August 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19880/report/1227608/hampshire-vs-surrey-south-group-bob-willis-trophy-2020 |title=Ian Holland claims six-wicket haul before rain intervenes at Arundel |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usacricket.org/team-usa-men/team-usa-mens-squad-announced-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-league-2-series-in-uae/ |title=Team USA Men's Squad Announced for ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 series in UAE |work=USA Cricket |date=December 2019 |access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref> He made his ODI debut for the United States, against the United Arab Emirates on 8 December 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1206059.html |title=1st Match, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 at Sharjah, Dec 8 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usacricket.org/team-usa-men/team-usa-mens-squad-named-for-t20-world-cup-americas-qualifier-in-antigua/ |title=Team USA Men's Squad Named for T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier in Antigua |work=USA Cricket |date=19 October 2021 |access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref> He made his T20I debut on 7 November 2021, for the United States against Belize.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1286667.html |title=1st Match, Coolidge, Nov 7 2021, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref>

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.<ref name="USA">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27009108/former-sa-pacer-rusty-theron-named-usa-squad |title=Former SA pacer Rusty Theron named in USA squad |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=19 June 2019}}</ref> The following month, he was one of twelve players to sign a three-month central contract with USA Cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27234028/five-usa-players-get-12-month-contracts-three-pull-global-t20-canada |title=Five USA players get 12-month contracts; three pull out of Global T20 Canada |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=21 July 2019}}</ref> In November 2019, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usacricket.org/team-usa-men/team-usa-mens-squad-announced-for-return-to-cricket-west-indies-super50-tournament/ |title=Team USA Men's Squad Announced for return to Cricket West Indies Super50 tournament |work=USA Cricket |date=November 2019 |access-date=1 November 2019}}</ref> On 11 November 2019, he made his debut for the United States, against Guyana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usacricket.org/team-usa-men/jaguars-just-get-over-the-line-as-usa-come-up-13-runs-short/ |title=Jaguars just get over the line as USA come up 13 runs short |work=USA Cricket |date=12 November 2019 |access-date=12 November 2019}}</ref>

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. <ref>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.</ref> but he has been praised as a key talent for USA with a strong "change-of-pace" skillset.<ref>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.</ref>

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