Ian Gabriel Holland (born 3 October 1990) is an American

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er who plays for the

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and for

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in England. He has also played domestic cricket in Australia.

Career

Holland made his first-class debut for

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on 3 February 2016 in the 2015–16 Sheffield Shield. Holland earned his first contract with Victoria by winning '' Cricket Superstar'', a reality TV series. He made his

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debut for the English side Hampshire in the

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on 27 April 2017. He made his

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cricket debut, also for Hampshire, in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 3 August 2017. Holland holds a

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. In June 2019, he was named in a 30-man training squad for the

, ahead of the

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of the

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tournament in Bermuda. The following month, he was one of twelve players to sign a three-month central contract with

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. In November 2019, he was named in the United States' squad for the

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tournament. On 11 November 2019, he made his debut for the United States, against

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. In December 2019, he was named in the United States'

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(ODI) squad for the

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. He made his ODI debut for the United States, against the

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on 8 December 2019. In August 2020, in the third round of matches in the

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, Holland took his maiden

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in first-class cricket. In October 2021, he was named in the American

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(T20I) squad for the

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tournament in Antigua. He made his T20I debut on 7 November 2021, for the United States against

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holland, Ian 1990 births Living people American cricketers Australian cricketers Hampshire cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers People from Stevens Point, Wisconsin Sportspeople from Wisconsin Victoria cricketers United States One Day International cricketers United States Twenty20 International cricketers American emigrants to the United Kingdom English cricketers