Chemar Keron Holder (born 3 March 1998) is a Barbadian cricketer who has played for the

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in West Indian domestic cricket. A right-arm fast bowler, he made his List A debut for the team in January 2016, against the Leeward Islands in the 2015–16 Regional Super50. Aged only 17 on debut, he opened the bowling with Christopher Powell, taking 1/20 from four overs. He made his international debut for the

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in December 2020, becoming only the fourth member of the Holder family to be selected for the

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behind Roland Holder,

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and more recently

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Career

He made his first-class debut for

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in the 2017–18 Regional Four Day Competition on 11 January 2018. He made his

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debut for

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in the

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on 29 August 2018. In October 2019, he was selected to play for Barbados in the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament. In June 2020, Holder was named in the West Indies'

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squad, for their series against England. The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the

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. In July 2020, he was named in the

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squad for the

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. In October 2020, Holder was also named in the West Indies' Test squad for their series against New Zealand. He made his Test debut for the West Indies, against

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, on 11 December 2020. In December 2020, Holder was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Bangladesh. He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against

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, on 20 January 2021.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holder, Chemar 1998 births Living people West Indies Test cricketers West Indies One Day International cricketers Barbadian cricketers Barbados Royals cricketers Combined Campuses and Colleges cricketers Warwickshire cricketers