James Minto

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James Minto
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Personal information
Born (2007-11-26) 26 November 2007 (age 18)
Norton, County Durham, England[1]
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2024–presentDurham (squad no. 77)
FC debut17 September 2024 Durham v Surrey
List A debut28 July 2024 Durham v Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 6 4
Runs scored 158 17
Batting average 26.33 17.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 67 10*
Balls bowled 500 120
Wickets 13 2
Bowling average 26.69 70.50
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/21 2/40
Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 August 2025

James Minto (born 26 November 2007) is an English cricketer who plays for Durham.[2] He is a left arm bowler and left-handed batter.[3]

Career

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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.[1] He signed with Durham's academy in December 2023.[4] In June 2024, he played for England Young Lions.[5][6]

Minto 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.[1][9] In that match, he became the second youngest player (after Craig Miles for Gloucestershire) to take a first-class wicket since World War II.[1]

Minto signed his first professional contract with Durham in May 2025.[10] Later that month he scored his maiden first-class half-century, making 67 after being sent in to open the batting as nightwatchman against Nottinghamshire at the Riverside Ground. Aged 17 years and 172 days he became the county's youngest ever half-centurion.[11][12]

References

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