James Edward Hindson (born 13 September 1973) is an English cricketer. Hindson is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Hindson made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Cambridge University in 1992. From 1992 to 1997, he represented the county in 28 first-class matches, the last of which came against Glamorgan in the County Championship. In his 28 first-class matches, he scored 384 runs at a batting average of 13.24, with a single half century high score of 53*, while in the field he took 14 catches. With the ball he took 93 wickets at a bowling average of 32.74. He took five wickets in an innings 7 times and 10 tens wickets in a match twice, with best innings bowling figures of 5/42.