1. Jonathan Mark Holland was born on 29 May 1987 and is a former Australian cricketer.
15 Facts About Jon Holland
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Jon Holland played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and a right-handed tail-end batsman.
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Jon Holland was selected by the Australian national team for a seven-match series in India in October 2009, but did not play a single game in the series.
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Jon Holland was set to make his One Day International debut in the final match of the series, but the match was cancelled due to rain.
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Jon Holland experienced injury problems with his left shoulder through his early career, forcing him to undergo a shoulder reconstruction in 2010.
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Jon Holland continued to play at state level for Victoria over the following years, and in the winter of 2012 he was against selected to play for Australia A, this time in England.
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Jon Holland was joined at Victoria by fellow spin bowler Fawad Ahmed, who gradually took over from Jon Holland as Victoria's first choice spinner.
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In July 2016, Jon Holland was selected for Australia A to replace the injured Ashton Agar.
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On this tour, Steve O'Keefe suffered a hamstring injury, so Jon Holland was chosen to replace him.
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Jon Holland had to fly from Brisbane back to his home in Melbourne to renew his expired passport and then fly from Melbourne to Galle to join the Australian team.
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Jon Holland made his Test debut on 4 August 2016 in the second Test and had his baggy green cap presented to him by former Australian fast bowler Merv Hughes.
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Jon Holland bowled alongside Nathan Lyon on spinning pitches in Sri Lanka, but he failed to have a strong impact.
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Jon Holland did not become a regular member of the Test team, as Nathan Lyon remained their first-choice spin bowler and both O'Keefe and Agar were ahead preferred to Jon Holland when fit.
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Jon Holland wasn't included in the Test squad again until January 2018, when he was selected to join the team's upcoming tour of South Africa.
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Jon Holland struggled again on turning pitches, because his finger spin technique was unable to get as much out of the pitch as Australia's part-time wrist spin bowler Marnus Labuschagne.