Max Holden (cricketer)
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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| Full name | Max David Edward Holden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 December 1997 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025–2025/26 | Desert Vipers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 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, 12 April 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max David Edward Holden (born 18 December 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Middlesex.[1]
Middlesex
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]
Franchise cricket
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]
