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Full name | James Matthew Coles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England | 2 April 2004||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | Sussex (squad no. 30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Southern Brave | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 6 September 2020 Sussex v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 23 July 2021 Sussex v Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,29 September 2024 |
James Matthew Coles (born 2 April 2004) is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex. [1] He made his first-class debut on 6 September 2020,for Sussex in the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy,at the age of 16,becoming Sussex youngest ever debutant. [2]
At the age of 12,Coles joined the Sussex academy, [3] and he has represented them at the Bunbury Festival. [4] He has also played for Aston Rowant in the Oxfordshire cricket league,and in 2020,he scored a century on his Oxfordshire debut against Buckinghamshire. [4] At the age of 16 years and 157 days old,Coles became the youngest player to appear in a first-class match for the county. [5] The record had been held by John Mare since 1870. [3]
He has received the Oxford Junior Sportsman of the Year award and Sir John ‘Jack’Hobbs Silver Jubilee Memorial Prize for the most outstanding under-16 schoolboy cricketer in England. [6] He made his List A debut on 23 July 2021,for Sussex in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup. [7]
In December 2021,he was named in England's team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. [8]
Coles was included in the England Lions squad to tour Australia in January 2025. [9] [10]
Coles was a pupil at Magdalen College School,Oxford,up until 2022. [4]
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