Jeremy Gordon (born 20 January 1987) is a Canadian international
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...
er.
He has played for the
Canada national cricket team
The Canada national cricket team represents Canada in international cricket. The team is organised by Cricket Canada, which became an Associate Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1968.
With the United States, Canada was ...
since 2012 as a right-arm
fast bowler
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. He was born in
Guyana and represented the
Guyana national cricket team
The Guyana cricket team is the representative first class cricket team of Guyana. The side does not take part in any international competitions, but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competi ...
before immigrating to Canada.
Personal life
Gordon was born on 20 January 1987 in
New Amsterdam, Guyana
New Amsterdam ( nl, Nieuw Amsterdam) is the regional capital of East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana and one of the country's largest towns. It is from the capital, Georgetown and located on the eastern bank of the Berbice River, upriver from its ...
.
He immigrated to Canada in 2006 but returned regularly to Guyana.
International career
Gordon played at under-19 level for
Guyana in 2005 and 2006.
[ 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.]One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World Cup ...
(ODI) debut for Canada against Scotland
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during the 2011–2013 ICC World Cricket League Championship
The 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship (originally named the Intercontinental Cup One-Day) was the first edition of the ICC World Cricket League Championship, though the competition had been previously run under the name ''ICC Worl ...
and his Twenty20 International
A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the ...
(T20I) debut against Ireland
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in the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
The 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played in November 2013 in the United Arab Emirates and is a part of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier series. This edition of the qualifier for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was an expanded version compris ...
. He played for Canada in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
The 2014 ICC World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed the final part of the Cricket World Cup qualification process for the 2015 World Cup. The top two teams qualified for the World Cup, joining Ireland and for the first time A ...
. He took a break from international cricket between 2016 and 2018 for personal reasons.[
In October 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the ]2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier
The 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament held during October and November 2019 in the United Arab Emirates to determine which teams would qualify for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. The six teams finishing ...
tournament in the United Arab Emirates.
In March 2023, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off. On 5 April 2023, he took his maiden five-wicket haul
In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") occurs when a bowler takes five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded by critics as a notable achievement, equivalent to a century from a batsman.
Ta ...
in ODIs, helping his team to defeat Papua New Guinea by 90 runs.
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
The Global T20 Canada is a 20-over cricket tournament played in Canada. The first edition of the tournament took place during June and July 2018 with six teams competing. Each team featured four local Canadian cricketers in each squad, along w ...
tournament.2019 Global T20 Canada
The 2019 Global T20 Canada was the second edition of the Global T20 Canada, a 20-over professional cricket tournament, played at the CAA Centre, Brampton, Ontario. It started on 25 July 2019, and concluded with the final on 11 August 2019. It w ...
tournament.
References
External links
Jeremy Gordon
at ESPNCricinfo
ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a ...
1987 births
Living people
Canadian cricketers
Canada One Day International cricketers
Canada Twenty20 International cricketers
Guyanese emigrants to Canada
Guyanese cricketers
Guyana cricketers
ICC Americas cricketers
People from New Amsterdam, Guyana
Afro-Guyanese people
Black Canadian sportspeople
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