Baxter Holt

{{Short description|Australian cricketer (born 1999)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Baxter Holt

| full_name = Baxter Jason Holt

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|10|21}}

| birth_place = Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role = Wicket-keeper-batsman

| club1 = Sydney Thunder

| year1 = {{nowrap|2018/19–2021/22}}

| clubnumber1 = 27

| club2 = New South Wales

| year2 = {{nowrap|2018/19–2022/23}}

| clubnumber2 =

| columns = 3

| hidedeliveries = true

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 12

| runs1 = 363

| bat avg1 = 21.35

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 54

| catches/stumpings1 = 38/2

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 8

| runs2 = 122

| bat avg2 = 20.33

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 41*

| catches/stumpings2 = 14/2

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 9

| runs3 = 84

| bat avg3 = 14.00

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 37

| catches/stumpings3 = 8/2

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/1126693.html Cricinfo

| date = 20 February

| year = 2025

}}

Baxter Jason Holt (born 21 October 1999) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-handed wicket-keeper-batsman for Western Australia. He is a graduate from The King's School, Parramatta.{{Cite web|url=http://espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/1126693.html|title = Baxter Holt profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos}} In 2018 he played for the Australia national under-19 cricket team{{Cite web |last=Kishore |first=Shashank |date=22 January 2018 |title=Alyssa Healy-inspired Holt eyes the ultimate prize |url=http://www.espn.com/cricket/story/_/id/22181538/alyssa-healy-inspired-baxter-holt-eyes-ultimate-prize |website=ESPNcricinfo}} and has previously played for Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League

Career

On 30 January 2019 Holt made his Twenty20 debut for Sydney Thunder during the 2018-19 Big Bash League season against the Melbourne Renegades, hitting 37 from 28 deliveries and adding 2 catches and a stumping.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/domestic-cricket/big-bash/live-blog-melbourne-renegades-vs-sydney-thunder/news-story/df0a96d226f623a64490d38c547b0854|title = Melbourne Renegades defeat Sydney Thunder to move into second on BBL ladder and secure finals berth|date = 30 January 2019}} He made his first-class debut for New South Wales in the 2018–19 Sheffield Shield season on 20 March 2019.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1150135.html |title=28th match, Sheffield Shield at Hobart, Mar 20-23 2019 |accessdate=20 March 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

Holt has been mentored by Southern Stars wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy and is studying for a bachelor's degree in sports science from the University of Technology and Science in Sydney. He made his List A debut on 24 November 2021, for New South Wales in the 2021–22 Marsh One-Day Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1270479.html |title=8th Match, Sydney, Nov 24 2021, The Marsh Cup |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=24 November 2021}}

In 2024, Holt moved to play for the Western Australia cricket team.{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Nic |title=Four West Australian cricketers forgo state contracts to become freelance guns-for-hire |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/four-west-australian-cricketers-forgo-state-contracts-to-become-freelance-gunsforhire/news-story/6d3e96537ceea5ad70cb532f51a662ee |access-date=16 December 2024 |work=Fox Sports |date=20 April 2024 |language=en}}

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