Jason Holder

National Team: West Indies Cricket Team ( TEST ODI T20I )

Domestic Team: Barbados Tridents ( T20 )

Domestic Team: Sunrisers Hyderabad ( T20 )

Date of Birth: 05.11.1991

Batting Style: Right Hand

Role: All-rounder

Bowling Style: Right-Arm Medium Seam

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Test Rankings

33 581

2 862

1 485

ODI Rankings

56 517

6012 607

3 310

T20I Rankings

161 282

43 556

18 156

Jason Holder - Professional Barbadian All-rounder

Jason Holder is a Barbadian cricketer who plays for the West Indies national team and previously captained it. He’s the first West Indies player to take a hat-trick in T20Is. The No.1 all-rounder in the ICC Test rankings in 2019 and an ICC World Twenty20 winner with the West Indies. Let’s take a closer look at this talented all-rounder and how his career has played out.

H2: Jason Holder: Biography And Sporting Career

Jason Holder (full name: Jason Omar Holder) was born on November 5, 1991, in Barbados’ main cricket hub – its capital, Bridgetown. His tall frame and athleticism, noticeable from early childhood, combined with cricket being insanely popular in Barbados, were the key factors that shaped Holder’s sporting path.

Jason’s parents backed him up in pretty much everything he tried from golf to go-karting. Until, at the age of eight, his father sent him to the “Empire” summer cricket camp. That’s where Holder’s interest in cricket really kicked off. Just a year later, at nine, the future star joined the youth program at the Wanderers cricket club, where he picked up the core skills of the game.

Holder moved quickly through Barbados youth teams, U13 and U15, sharpening his skills as a fast bowler. Thanks to his height (2.01 m), he was on scouts’ radar from the get-go, and at 17 he finally got the long-awaited call-up to the List A (U19) youth side. For his standout performances, Holder received the Lord Gavron Award in 2009 as the most promising U19 player.

The natural next step in Jason’s junior journey came on February 1, 2013, when he made his debut for the senior West Indies team in a match against Australia. The debut was modest, just 7 runs off 19 balls. But already the next year, his potential fully showed up, especially in the series against Pakistan, where he grabbed an impressive 4 wickets for 13 runs in one match. By the end of 2013, Holder had played 14 ODI matches, posting a solid rookie average of 36.41.

In December 2014, Jason Holder got an unexpected offer to take over as ODI captain of the West Indies after Dwayne Bravo stepped down. Despite being just 23, Holder showed strong tactical awareness and soon also got appointed captain in the Test format. We won’t spell out every single detail of Jason Holder’s career. Instead, here are the biggest highlights:

• ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2016 winner with the West Indies;
• 1 in the ICC Test all-rounders rankings (January 2019);
• Youngest West Indies captain in ODIs and Tests;
• First West Indies captain to take 100 ODI wickets (2019, vs Sri Lanka);
• One of five Wisden Cricketers of the Year (April 2021);
• The second West Indies player to reach 2,500 runs and 150 wickets in Tests (March 2023);
• Record-holder for most wickets in T20s in a calendar year – 97 in 2025.

As for club cricket, Jason is known for showing up in the world’s biggest leagues and collecting titles along the way: a two-time CPL champion with Barbados Tridents (2014, 2019), Regional Super50 Cup 2016/17 champion and Big Bash League 2020/21 champion.

At the moment, Holder remains a key player for the West Indies national team. Right now he’s playing at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, and he’s already made his mark: in the match against Nepal (February 15, 2026), he took 4 wickets for 27 runs and was named Player of the Match, locking in his status as the team’s top bowler in the group stage.

Jason Holder: Personal Life And Interesting Facts

Holder keeps a fairly private life away from the cricket ground, but a few details are known thanks to his social media and interviews:

• Jason was born into the family of Ronald and Denise Holder. He has an older brother, Andre, who also played sports but went with basketball instead;
• For a long time (since 2016), Jason has been in a relationship with Jasmin Quinn. In a number of sources from 2024-2025, she’s already mentioned as his wife;
• Holder is a loyal fan of the English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur;
• In his downtime, he’s into golf, listens to music, and is interested in go-karting;
• In sporting circles, he’s earned the nickname “gentle giant” thanks to his calm personality and his height (201 cm).

Jason Holder actively runs his pages, and right now, in February 2026, they’re basically on fire with content from the ongoing T20 World Cup being held in India and Sri Lanka. You can keep up with Jason’s achievements on his profiles: Instagram (@jaseholder98) and X (@Jaseholder98). To wrap things up, here are the player’s stats, and they’ll almost certainly get even better very soon.