Niamh Fiona Holland (born 27 October 2004) is an English

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er who currently plays for

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Western Storm Western Storm are a women's cricket team representing South West England and Wales, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic cricket. They play their home matches at the County Ground, Taunton, the County Ground, Bristol and Sophia Gardens ...

and

London Spirit London Spirit are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in North London. The team represents the historic counties of Middlesex, Essex and Northamptonshire in The Hundred, which took place for the first time during the 2021 English and Wel ...

. An

all-rounder An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a handful of batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are consi ...

, she is a right-arm

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bowler and right-handed

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Early life

Holland was born in

Yeovil Yeovil ( ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the district of South Somerset, England. The population of Yeovil at the last census (2011) was 45,784. More recent estimates show a population of 48,564. It is close to Somer ...

, but her home town is nearby

Langport Langport is a small town and civil parish in Somerset, England, west of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The parish, which covers only part of the town, has a population of 1,081. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a separate ...

, and she plays club cricket for Street Cricket Club.

Domestic career

Holland made her county debut in 2019, for

against

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. She achieved her

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high score on debut, scoring 37. She took 10 wickets in the

2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup The 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2019 Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 11th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in June, with 35 teams taking part: 33 county teams plus Scotland and Wales ...

at an average of 15.10, helping Somerset win Division 2 of the competition. In 2021, she took 6 wickets at an average of 17.00 in the

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. She was Somerset's joint-leading wicket-taker in the

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, with 12 wickets at an average of 18.11. In 2020, Holland played for

in the

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy is an English women's cricket domestic competition, named after former England captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe-Flint, who died in 2017. The first edition of the tournament took place during August ...

. She appeared in all six matches, and took one wicket. She was retained in the Western Storm squad for the 2021 season, but did not play a match. She was also included in the Western Storm Academy squad for 2021. She played seven matches for Western Storm in 2022, across the

Charlotte Edwards Cup The Charlotte Edwards Cup, initially named the Women's Regional T20, is an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board. The first edition of the tournament took place in 2021. The tourna ...

and the

, taking four wickets. In March 2023, it was announced that Holland had signed her first professional contract with Western Storm. That season, she played 19 matches for Western Storm, across the

and the

, taking two wickets and with a high score of 44. She also played three matches for

in The Hundred.

International career

In October 2022, Holland was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the

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. She played six matches in the tournament, scoring 138 runs at an average of 27.60 including scoring 59 against

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holland, Niamh 2004 births Living people Sportspeople from Yeovil Somerset women cricketers Western Storm cricketers Cricketers from Somerset London Spirit cricketers