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Full name | Niamh Fiona Holland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Yeovil, Somerset, England | 27 October 2004|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019–present | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2024 | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | London Spirit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,19 October 2024 |
Niamh Fiona Holland (born 27 October 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset and London Spirit. An all-rounder,she is a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. [1] [2]
Holland was born in Yeovil,Somerset,but her home town is nearby Langport,and she plays club cricket for Street Cricket Club. [2] [3]
Holland made her county debut in 2019,for Somerset against Wales. She achieved her List A high score on debut,scoring 37. [4] She took 10 wickets in the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup at an average of 15.10,helping Somerset win Division 2 of the competition. [5] In 2021,she took 6 wickets at an average of 17.00 in the Twenty20 Cup. [6] She was Somerset's joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,with 12 wickets at an average of 18.11. [7]
In 2020,Holland played for Western Storm in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches,and took one wicket. [8] She was retained in the Western Storm squad for the 2021 season,but did not play a match. [9] She was also included in the Western Storm Academy squad for 2021. [10] She played seven matches for Western Storm in 2022,across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,taking four wickets. [11] [12]
In March 2023,it was announced that Holland had signed her first professional contract with Western Storm. [13] That season,she played 19 matches for Western Storm,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,taking two wickets and with a high score of 44. [14] [15] She also played three matches for London Spirit in The Hundred. [16] In 2024,she played 18 matches for Western Storm,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,scoring 235 runs and taking 5 wickets. [17] [18]
In October 2022,Holland was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. [19] She played six matches in the tournament,scoring 138 runs at an average of 27.60 including scoring 59 against Zimbabwe. [20] [21]
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