Max Holden (cricketer)

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Max Holden
Personal information
Full name
Max David Edward Holden
Born (1997-12-18) 18 December 1997
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–presentMiddlesex (squad no. 4)
2017→ Northamptonshire (on loan)
2023–2024Manchester Originals
2024Dubai Capitals
2025–2025/26Desert Vipers
2025Trent Rockets
First-class debut2 April 2017 Northamptonshire v Loughborough MCCU
List A debut12 May 2017 Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 112 24 115
Runs scored 5,869 845 2,683
Batting average 32.07 42.25 27.65
100s/50s 9/28 1/5 2/13
Top score 211* 166 121*
Balls bowled 642 126 6
Wickets 5 1 0
Bowling average 92.00 104.00 –
5 wickets in innings 0 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 0 –
Best bowling 2/59 1/29 –
Catches/stumpings 35/– 7/– 38/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 May 2026

Max David Edward Holden (born 18 December 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Middlesex.[1]

Domestic career

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]

International career

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]

References

  1. "Max Holden". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  2. "Holden signs long term deal with Middlesex". Middlesex CCC. 24 September 2015.
  3. "Max Holden: Middlesex loan England Under-19 captain to Northants". BBC Sport. 23 January 2017.
  4. "Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches, Northamptonshire v Loughborough MCCU at Northampton, Apr 2-4, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  5. "Royal London One-Day Cup, North Group: Leicestershire v Northamptonshire at Leicester, May 12, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  6. "MAX HOLDEN SIGNS EXTENDED CONTRACT WITH MIDDLESEX CRICKET". Middlesex CCC. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  7. "South Group (N), Vitality Blast at Chelmsford, Jul 6 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  8. "Max Holden leads Middlesex's young contingent but rain wins the day". The Cricketer. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  9. "High scores in T20s at ENG: Lord's, London". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  10. "Batter Holden extends Middlesex deal through 2027". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  11. "The Hundred: England fast bowler Lauren Filer among final signings for 2023 tournament". BBC Sport. 13 July 2023.
  12. "Invincibles vs Originals, Final at London, Men's Hundred, Aug 27 2023 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 27 August 2023.
  13. "TOM HELM & MAX HOLDEN PICKED IN 2025 HUNDRED DRAFT". Middlesex CCC. 13 March 2025.
  14. "NEW RECRUIT MAX HOLDEN EXCITED ABOUT MAKING HIS DESERT VIPERS DEBUT". Desert Vipers. 3 December 2024.
  15. "Taylor to lead England in ICC U19 World Cup". ECB. England & Wales Cricket Board. 22 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  16. "Mass changes as Holden leads England Under-19s". ESPNcricinfo. 12 July 2016.
  17. "MAX HOLDEN TO CAPTAIN ENGLAND UNDER 19'S AGAINST INDIA THIS SUMMER". Middlesex CCC. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  18. "MAX HOLDEN ADDED TO ENGLAND LIONS SQUAD TO FACE INDIA 'A'". Middlesex CCC. Retrieved 18 July 2025.