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{{short description|Indian-born American cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Joy Zinto
| image =
| fullname = Joy Jivankumar Zinto
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|8|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India
| nickname =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Left-arm orthodox
| country = United States
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1998–2002
| club1 = [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]] (India)
| year1 = 1984–1989
| club2 = [[West Zone cricket team|West Zone]] (India)
| year2 = 1989
| date = 11 March 2016
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21167/21167.html CricketArchive
}}
'''Joy Jivankumar Zinto''' (born 7 August 1965) is a former international [[cricket]]er who represented the [[United States national cricket team|American national team]] between 1998 and 2002. He was born in India, and played [[first-class cricket]] there before emigrating to the United States.

Zinto was born in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]].<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/usa/content/player/25671.html USA / Players / Joy Zinto] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2016.</ref> He made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for the [[Gujarat cricket team]] in December 1984, aged 19, in a [[Ranji Trophy]] match against [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]. An [[all-rounder]] who batted right-handed and bowled [[left-arm orthodox spin]], Zinto was a regular for Gujarat throughout the rest of the 1980s. During the 1989–90 season, his last for Gujarat, he was also selected to play for [[West Zone cricket team|West Zone]] in the [[Duleep Trophy]].<ref name="fc">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21167/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Joy Zinto] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.</ref> Zinto took two five-wicket hauls in Ranji Trophy matches – 5/102 against Bombay in January 1988 and 5/88 against [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] in January 1989.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/49/49477.html Gujarat v Bombay], Ranji Trophy 1987/88 (West Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/50/50884.html Gujarat v Baroda], Ranji Trophy 1988/89 (West Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.</ref> He also recorded three half-centuries as a batsman, the highest of which was an innings of 85 made against Bombay in November 1986 (from eighth in the batting order).<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47994.html Bombay v Gujarat], Ranji Trophy 1986/87 (West Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.</ref>

After emigrating to the United States, Zinto made his debut for the U.S. national team in October 1998, in the [[1998–99 Red Stripe Bowl]] (a West Indian domestic competition to which the United States had been invited as a guest team).<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21167/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Joy Zinto] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.</ref> In three matches, he failed to take a wicket, at the same time conceding 102 runs.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/3/Red_Stripe_Bowl_1998-99/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in Red Stripe Bowl 1998/99 (ordered by wickets)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.</ref> Zinto next represented the U.S. at the [[2001 ICC Trophy]] in Canada, which was the final qualification tournament for the [[2003 Cricket World Cup|2003 World Cup]].<ref name="it">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21167/ICC_Trophy_Matches.html ICC Trophy matches played by Joy Zinto] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.</ref> He appeared in all nine of his team's matches, and took ten wickets, which was the fourth-most for his team (behind [[Naseer Islam]], [[Nasir Javed]], and [[Donovan Blake]]).<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=919;team=11;type=tournament Records / ICC Trophy, 2001 - United States of America / Batting and bowling averages] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122012929/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=919%3Bteam%3D11%3Btype%3Dtournament |date=22 November 2016 }} – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2016.</ref> His best figures came in a match against the [[Netherlands national cricket team|Netherlands]], where he finished with 3/32 from ten overs, while he also took 3/34 against [[Papua New Guinea national cricket team|Papua New Guinea]].<ref name="it"/> Zinto's last international appearances came at the [[2002 ICC Americas Championship|2002 Americas Championship]] in Argentina, where he took four wickets from four matches (including 3/14 against the [[Bahamas national cricket team|Bahamas]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21167/Miscellaneous_Matches.html Miscellaneous matches played by Joy Zinto] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21167/21167.html Player profile and statistics] at [https://cricketarchive.com CricketArchive]
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/usa/content/player/25671.html Player profile and statistics] at [http://www.espncricinfo.com ESPNcricinfo]

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[[Category:American sportspeople of Indian descent]]

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