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Night Watchman Becomes Hero! James Minto Smashes Maiden County Fifty

Poulomi Chakraborty

James Minto's Half-Century (Source: @DurhamCricket/x.com)James Minto's Half-Century (Source: @DurhamCricket/x.com)

County cricket has always produced some of the best talents in the cricket world. Even now, there is no exception as Durham pacer James Minto shattered the stage with his brilliance and set a new example.

While opening the innings, Minto smashed his maiden half-century in only his fifth first-class game. That knock instantly grabbed the attention.

Minto’s Half-Century Steals The Limelight

As the County Championship is going on, the cricket fans are enjoying some thrilling cricket action. As the thrilling encounter between Nottinghamshire and Durham was going on, Durham pacer James Minto grabbed the attention while stunning the cricket world with his reverse role.

While chasing down the total, Durham took an interesting step, sending the young pacer James Minto as an opener. The spontaneous move brought out the best from Minto as he smashed his maiden half-century while opening the innings.

Being a pacer, Minto’s average was 13 before that match, and he played an interesting knock of 67 runs in 113 deliveries with 11 boundaries and a strike rate of 59.29. Depending on his brave knock, Durham had a great start while chasing down a massive total.

Durham’s Promising Start

While batting first, Nottinghamshire posted a total of 407 runs, depending on skipper Hameed’s unbeaten double ton, along with some other thrilling knocks. While chasing down the massive total, Durham got a great start as James Minto and Alex Lees’ opening partnership lasted for 111 runs. That was a massive boost.

After Minto’s dismissal on 67 runs, Lees kept going on and played a crucial innings of 82 runs in 162 balls with 4 boundaries. Though McKinney departed for 28, Emilio Gay and Colin Ackermann are now at the crease, keeping Durham’s hopes alive and the chase on track.