Roland Irwin Christopher Holder (born 22 December 1967) is a cricketer, born in Port of Spain,

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who played the majority of his first class cricket for

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. He made his debut for Barbados in 1986 while still a schoolboy at

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,
"Holder to lead Windies B", 17 January 2002. Accessed from ''Cricinfo'' on 21 March 2007. and played through to the 2000/01 season. He also played 11 Test cricket, Tests and 37 One Day Internationals for the

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, between 1993 and 1999, making his Test debut against

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in 1997. He captained Barbados from 1992 to 94 and in 1999, leading them to victory in the

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in the latter season, but was left out of the 38-man training squad for the 2001/02 season. Instead, he was selected to lead the 'West Indies B' squad in the Busta Cup. In 2004, Holder was appointed manager to the Barbados cricket team, having spent a number of years as a senior member of the West Indies Players' Association.
Roland Holder steps down as secretary of WIPA, 18 December 2004. Accessed from Cricinfo.com on 21 March 2007.

First Class career

In a 16-year career spanning from 1986 to 2002, he compiled 5945 runs in 105 games at an average of 37.86.

International career

Holder made his Test debut against India at Sabina Park in 1997, scoring 21 and 17 not out in a drawn game. He followed that with 91 in the next Test in Trinidad, helping West Indies recover from 169 for six to 296 all out in the first innings. Despite his promising start, he would cross 50 just once more in his next 14 innings before being dropped in 1999. In ODIs, his best performance was a 48-ball 65 in a losing cause against New Zealand in Trinidad in 1996.

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holder, Roland 1967 births Living people Barbados cricketers West Indies One Day International cricketers West Indies Test cricketers West Indies B cricketers Cricketers at the 1996 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Barbados Trinidad and Tobago cricketers