Full Name

James Matthew Coles

Born

April 02, 2004, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

Age

21y 114d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Playing Role

Allrounder

James Coles became Sussex's youngest-ever first-class debutant, at the age of 16 years and 157 days, when he was handed an opportunity in the Bob Willis Trophy against Surrey at The Oval. He dismissed Rory Burns, Ben Foakes and Jamie Smith to finish with match figures of 3 for 35, as well as making 21 runs from No. 6. Coles was still a teenager when he scored his maiden first-class hundred, against Glamorgan at Hove in 2023, and he added two more by the end of the season to cement a place in the side. An England Lions call came during the winter, with Coles making his debut in a four-day match against India A.

Coles is a product of Sussex's player development partnership with the Oxfordshire Cricket Board, and attended Magdalen College School in Oxford. He signed a professional deal early in the 2021 season, going on to make his List A debut in the Royal London Cup before receiving a call-up to England Under-19s for the home series against West Indies. He toured Sri Lanka that winter and was named in the squad for the Under-19 World Cup in the Caribbean.
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James Coles Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC45735257118037.80454656.5561131628410
List A201733205922.8536986.720130470
T20s4942991777*27.78626146.48058530290

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC456537262373485/1086/8149.433.8277.6110
List A2020760753213/273/2735.855.9436.1000
T20s4939665953324/124/1229.788.5920.7200

James Coles T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Vitality BlastSUS4138887377*29.10593147.21058128270
Men's 100SB-M841442614.6633133.33004220

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Vitality BlastSUS413765593931 4/12 4/1230.298.6021.1200
Men's 100SB-M8210141 1/2 1/214.008.4010.0000

Recent Matches of James Coles

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Sussex vs Surrey391/2818-Jul-2025HoveT20
Sussex vs Gloucs620/2217-Jul-2025CheltenhamT20
Sussex vs Hampshire100/3713-Jul-2025SouthamptonT20
Sussex vs Essex70/1911-Jul-2025ChelmsfordT20
Sussex vs Kent241/2409-Jul-2025HoveT20

Photos of James Coles

James Coles brought up his 150
James Coles raises his bat on reaching a century
James Coles punches square on his way to fifty
James Coles claimed the early wicket of Adam Rossington
James Coles claimed a four-wicket haul
James Coles gets forward to drive