Jeremy Gordon

Jeremy Gordon (born 20 January 1987) is a Canadian international cricketer.[1] He has played for the Canada national cricket team since 2012 as a right-arm fast bowler. He was born in Guyana and represented the Guyana national cricket team before immigrating to Canada.

Jeremy Gordon
Personal information
Born (1987-01-20) 20 January 1987
New Amsterdam, Guyana
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 79)11 July 2012 v Scotland
Last ODI5 April 2023 v Papua New Guinea
T20I debut (cap 41)16 November 2013 v Ireland
Last T20I21 November 2022 v Oman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007Guyana
2018Vancouver Knights
2019Toronto Nationals
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 10 2 5 10
Runs scored 7 2 25 10
Batting average 3.50 - 12.50 3.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 4 2* 16* 4
Balls bowled 452 42 809 468
Wickets 18 2 23 9
Bowling average 21.83 31.00 21.08 40.11
5 wickets in innings 1 – 1 –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling 6/43 2/30 6/43 3/26
Catches/stumpings –/– –/– 1/– –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 April 2023

Personal life

Gordon was born on 20 January 1987 in New Amsterdam, Guyana.[1] He immigrated to Canada in 2006 but returned regularly to Guyana.[2]

International career

Gordon played at under-19 level for Guyana in 2005 and 2006.[2] He made his senior first-class debut for Guyana in January 2007 against Leeward Islands and went on to play two further senior matches for Guyana.[1]

Gordon made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Canada against Scotland during the 2011–2013 ICC World Cricket League Championship and his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Ireland in the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. He played for Canada in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. He took a break from international cricket between 2016 and 2018 for personal reasons.[2]

In October 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[3]

In March 2023, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off.[4] On 5 April 2023, he took his maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs,[5] helping his team to defeat Papua New Guinea by 90 runs.[6]

Franchise career

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[7][8] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[9]

References
  1. "Jeremy Gordon". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. Halley, Frederick (3 October 2020). "Fast bowler Jeremy Gordon draws inspiration from Ian Bishop". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  3. "Canadian squad for ICC T20 World Cup qualifier". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. "Canada To Tour Sri Lanka In Preparation For ICC Namibia 2023 World Cup Qualifier!". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. "UAE and Canada win on final day in Windhoek". CricketEurope. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  6. "CWG Qualifier Play-Off: Canada, UAE register easy victories on final day". News Room Odisha. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  7. "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  8. "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  9. "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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