Joe Gordon (cricketer)

Joseph Archie Gordon (born 18 May 2002) is an Australian-born English cricketer.[1] He made his first-class cricket debut for Kent County Cricket Club against Sussex on 11 July 2021 in the 2021 County Championship[2] following a member of the county's First XI squad testing positive for COVID-19 which required the players involved in the county's previous match to all self-isolate. As a result, several Second XI players or "homegrown prospects"[3] were drafted into the squad and made their senior debuts for the county.[3][4]

Joe Gordon
Personal information
Full name
Joseph Archie Gordon
Born (2002-05-18) 18 May 2002
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2021Kent
Only FC11 July 2021 Kent v Sussex
Only LA8 August 2021 Kent v Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 1 1
Runs scored 8 9
Batting average 4.00 9.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 8 9
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 August 2021

Gordon was born at Coffs Harbour in New South Wales where he played under-14 cricket.[5] After moving to the United Kingdom, he was educated at St Edmund's School, Canterbury where he averaged over 100 runs an innings in 2019.[6] He was a member of Kent's cricket academy, played age-group cricket for Kent between 2016 and 2019 and the county's Second XI between 2018 and 2020 as well as club cricket for Canterbury Cricket Club in the Kent Cricket League.[7][8] He made his List A debut on 8 August 2021, for Kent in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup, scoring nine runs.[9][10]

References
  1. "Joe Gordon". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. "Group 3, Canterbury, Jul 11 - 14 2021, County Championship". ESPN Cricinfo. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. "Club statement: COVID-19 Testing". Kent County Cricket Club. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. "Kent forced to pick new squad for Sussex fixture following positive Covid test". ESPN Cricinfo. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. "Young guns on rise". Star Community. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  6. Henderson D (2020) Schools cricket in 2019, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  7. Match reports: Kent Second XI vs Jersey Cricket, Kent County Cricket Club, 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  8. Joe Gordon, CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2021. (subscription required).
  9. Group 2, Beckenham, Aug 8 2021, Royal London One-Day Cup, CricInfo. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  10. Ian Holland rips out Kent top order to keep Hampshire hopes alive, CricInfo, 8 August 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
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