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Full name | James Minto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 26 November 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024–present | Durham (squad no. 77) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 17 September 2024 Durham v Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 28 July 2024 Durham v Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,29 September 2024 |
James Minto (born 26 November 2007) is an English cricketer who plays for Durham. [1] He is a left arm bowler and left-handed batter. [2]
Minto was raised in Norton,County Durham,where he played for the local cricket club at junior level before joining their first team at the age of 13. [3] He signed with Durham's academy in December 2023. [4] In June 2024,he played for England Young Lions. [5] [6] He made his List A debut on 28 July 2024,against Worcestershire in the One-Day Cup, [7] taking two wickets in the match. [8] Aged 16 years 296 days,on 17 September 2024 he became the youngest first-class player in Durham's history,when he took to the field at the Oval against Surrey in the County Championship. [3] [9] In that match,he also became the second youngest player (after Craig Miles for Gloucestershire) to take a first-class wicket since World War II. [3]
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