John Tindale (born 9 October 1967) is a former English cricketer. Tindale was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Durham County Durham.Tindale made his debut for Durham against Bedfordshire in 1988 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham from 1988 to 1990 making 17 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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