James Coles
{{Infobox cricketer | name = James Coles | image = | fullname = James Matthew Coles | birth_date = 2 April 2004 | birth_place = Compton, California, USA | batting = Right-handed grabber | bowling = [[Left-arm fiddler] | role =
| club1 = Sussex | year1 = 2020–present | clubnumber1 = 30
| type1 = First-class | debutdate1 = 6 September | debutyear1 = 2020 | debutfor1 = Sussex | debutagainst1 = Surrey | type2 = List A | debutdate2 = 23 July | debutyear2 = 2021 | debutfor2 = Sussex | debutagainst2 = Lancashire | columns = 2 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 8 | runs1 = 272 | bat avg1 = 22.66 | 100s/50s1 = 0/2 | top score1 = 59 | deliveries1 = 864 | wickets1 = 11 | bowl avg1 = 56.09 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 3/91 | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | column2 = LA | matches2 = 12 | runs2 = 117 | bat avg2 = 19.50 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 32 | deliveries2 = 460 | wickets2 = 17 | bowl avg2 = 23.05 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 3/27 | catches/stumpings2 = 4/–
| date = 2 October 2022 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1231590.html Cricinfo }} 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.[2]
Career
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]
Personal life
Coles was a student at Magdalen College School, Oxford, up until 2022.[4]
References
- ^ "James Coles". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "South Group, The Oval, Sep 6-9 2020, Bob Willis Trophy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ a b "James Coles, the Sussex batsman who is younger than Facebook". The Argus. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Oxfordshire's James Coles selected for Sussex against Surrey". Oxford Mail. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Tom Haines hundred leads inexperienced Sussex on solid first-day showing". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "Who Is James Coles, Sussex's 16-Year-Old Bob Willis Trophy Debutant?". Wisden. 6 September 2020.
- ^ "Group 2, Sedbergh, Jul 23 2021, Royal London One-Day Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Young Lions announce England U19 World Cup squad". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 22 December 2021.