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Full name | Max David Edward Holden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | 18 December 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–present | Middlesex (squad no. 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | →Northamptonshire (on loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Manchester Originals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Dubai Capitals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2025 | Desert Vipers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2025–present | Trent Rockets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 2 April 2017 Northamptonshire v Loughborough MCCU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 12 May 2017 Northamptonshire v Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,27 August 2025 |
Max David Edward Holden (born 18 December 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Middlesex. [1]
Born in Cambridge,Holden progressed through the Middlesex youth system,signing a four year professional contract in September 2015. [2] In January 2017,Holden was loaned out to Northamptonshire, [3] where he made his first-class debut on 2 April 2017 against Loughborough MCCU as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures. [4] He subsequently made his List A debut for Northamptonshire in the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup on 12 May 2017. [5]
Upon returning to Middlesex,Holden made his first-class debut for the club against Hampshire in September 2017,before signing a contract extension until 2020. [6] He made his Twenty20 debut in the 2018 t20 Blast on 6 July 2018. [7] On 27 August 2020,in the opening match of the 2020 t20 Blast,Holden scored his first century in a T20 match,with an unbeaten 102 runs from 60 balls. [8] He bettered this score on 16 June 2023,with an unbeaten 121 runs from 59 balls against Kent at Lord's Cricket Ground;as of 2025 this remains the highest score in a T20 match at Lord's. [9] In February 2025,Holden signed a new contract with Middlesex to run until the end of the 2027 season. [10]
Holden was signed by Manchester Originals ahead of the 2023 edition of The Hundred. [11] He was part of the Originals side that reached the 2023 final. [12] In the 2025 draft,Holden was selected to join Trent Rockets. [13]
He played for Dubai Capitals in the 2024 International League T20,before joining the Desert Vipers ahead of the 2025 edition of the tournament. [14]
Prior to his first-class debut,Holden was part of England's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh. [15] Following the tournament,he was appointed as the captain of the England under-19 cricket team for two four-day matches and a one-day series against Sri Lanka in July 2016, [16] and a four-day series against India in July 2017. [17]
In May 2025,Holden was called up to the England Lions side for two four-day matches against India A. [18]