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Jordan Cox (cricketer)

Summary

Jordan Matthew Cox (born 21 October 2000) is an English professional cricketer.[2] He signed his first professional contract with Kent County Cricket Club in October 2018, having joined the county club at age 10, played for them at age-group levels and been a member of the club's academy programme, winning the John Aitken Gray award as the best academy scholar in 2018.[3][4]

Jordan Cox
Personal information
Full name
Jordan Matthew Cox
Born (2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 23)
Margate, Kent[a]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break[1]
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019–2023Kent (squad no. 22)
2021–Oval Invincibles
2021/22Hobart Hurricanes
2022/23Dambulla Aura
2022/23Sunrisers Eastern Cape
2023/24Melbourne Renegades
2024–Gulf Giants
Essex (squad no. 77)
FC debut13 July 2019 Kent v Hampshire
LA debut27 April 2019 Kent v Pakistanis
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 42 4 100
Runs scored 2,276 98 2,070
Batting average 34.48 24.50 29.57
100s/50s 4/10 0/0 0/11
Top score 238* 46 94
Catches/stumpings 43/0 4/0 75/6
Source: Cricinfo, 11 February 2024

Cox has played for the England under-19 cricket team, including at the 2020 under-19 World Cup. Along with Jack Leaning he set a new highest partnership for any wicket for Kent in 2020, scoring 238 not out in an unbroken partnership of 423 runs against Sussex at Canterbury.

Early life edit

Cox was born at Margate in Kent[5] and educated at Wellesley House School and Felsted School. He first played for Kent's Second XI in 2017.[6][7][8][9] He played for the London and East team in the ECB Super-4s developmental T20 competition in 2018 and was named player of the tournament.[4] In early 2019 he played for the England under-19 cricket team on their tour of Bangladesh.[8][10] In club cricket he plays for Sandwich Town Cricket Club in the Kent Cricket League.[3]

Cricket career edit

After scoring a century in a 50-over Second XI friendly in April 2019 he made his List A cricket debut on 27 April 2019 against the touring Pakistanis, scoring 21 runs.[11] Following a series of good batting performances, including scoring two centuries, for the Second XI during the 2019 season, Cox made his first-class cricket debut in July against Hampshire and was called into the England under-19 squad for a series of matches against India and Bangladesh during August.[12][13] He made his Twenty20 debut later the same month against Somerset in the 2019 t20 Blast.[14]

After finishing a tri-series of matches in December 2019 against West Indies and Sri Lanka under-19s as England under-19's leading run scorer,[15] Cox was named in England's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa the following month.[16]

In August 2020, Cox scored his maiden century in first-class cricket against Sussex at Canterbury in the second round of matches of the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy. Cox went on to finish the innings unbeaten on 238 in a Kent record partnership for any wicket of 423 runs with Jack Leaning.[b][19][20][17][18] Cox's century was the first scored in England by a player born in the 2000s.[21] Cox was subsequently dropped for Kent's next match after having posed for photographs with young fans of the club, a breach of club medical protocols put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.[21][22] Later in the year Cox signed a contract extension with Kent, extending his contract until the end of the 2023 season.[23]

During the 2021 season, Cox was named Player of the Match as Kent won the 2021 T20 Blast final. He scored 58 not out from 28 balls in the final and his "incredible piece of fielding gymnastics" helped take the wicket of Somerset batsman Lewis Gregory, Cox palming the ball back from beyond the boundary to teammate Matt Milnes who was able to take the catch.[24] He was part of the Oval Invincibles squad for the 2021 season of The Hundred, having been selected in the Wildcard Draft in the run up to the start of the competition.[25] Although he did not play a match for the side during the season, he was retained for the 2022 season.[26] Cox holds an Australian passport and over the 2021/22 English off-season he played Sydney Grade Cricket for Mosman Cricket Club, having played for Eastern Suburbs the previous season. In December 2021 he was recruited by Big Bash League side Hobart Hurricanes as a replacement for the opening match of their 2021/22 season.[27][28] In September 2022, Cox was one of five uncapped players named in the England squad for their seven-match Twenty20 International tour of Pakistan later in the same month.[29]

Notes edit

  1. ^ CricInfo originally listed Cox's birth place as Portsmouth. Kent sources, CricketArchive and Wisden all list it as Margate and CricInfo has now changed its listing. After Cox's double century innings a number of media reports used the information from CricInfo to wrongly attribute his place of birth.
  2. ^ Kent's innings had to end after 120 overs due to regulations in place in the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy to limit the length of first innings during the COVID-19 pandemic.[17][18]

References edit

  1. ^ Jordan Cox, Wisden. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  2. ^ Jordan Cox, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  3. ^ a b Kent academy youngster Jordan Cox signs first professional contract with the county, Kent Online, 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  4. ^ a b Hogwood C (2019) Kent teenage starlet Jordan Cox hits superb century, Kent Online, 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  5. ^ Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2019, p.30. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club.
  6. ^ Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2018, p.52. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club.
  7. ^ Jordan Cox, Kent County Cricket Club. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  8. ^ a b Jordan Cox, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  9. ^ Academy keeper Jordan Cox takes eight catches in an innings, Kent County Cricket Club, 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  10. ^ Cox included in Young Lions tour squad, Kent County Cricket Club, 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  11. ^ Imad Wasim fires Pakistan to comprehensive win in opening tour game, CricInfo, 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  12. ^ Cox called up to England U19 squad, Kent County Cricket Club, 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  13. ^ Hogwood C (2019) Kent call-up Jordan Cox in the absence of Zak Crawley versus Hampshire, Kent Online, 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  14. ^ Hopps D (2019) Imran Qayyum haul leads Kent to victory over Somerset, CricInfo, 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  15. ^ Kent County Cricket Club [KentCricket] 77 more runs for Jordan Cox against Sri Lanka U-19s 💪 He finishes the tri-series as England’s highest run scorer (228) 🙌 Scorecard ➡️ https://www.ecb.co.uk/matches/18855 #SuperKent150, (Tweet), via Twitter, 2019-12-22. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  16. ^ England squad named for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup, England and Wales Cricket Board, 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  17. ^ a b Darren Stevens skewers Sussex after Jordan Cox, Jack Leaning run-bonanza, CricInfo, 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  18. ^ a b Bob Willis Trophy: Kent beat Sussex after Cox & Leaning share record stand, BBC Sport, 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  19. ^ Jordan Cox, Jack Leach make hay as twin tons put Kent on top, CricInfo, 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  20. ^ Bob Willis Trophy: Cox & Leaning centuries put Kent in front against Sussex, BBC Sport, 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  21. ^ a b Jordan Cox: Kent double-centurion dropped after breaching Covid-19 protocols, CricInfo, 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  22. ^ Jordan Cox: Kent batsman to miss Middlesex fixture after Covid-19 breach, BBC Sport, 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  23. ^ Jordan Cox: Kent wicketkeeper-batsman extends contract until 2023, BBC Sport, 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  24. ^ Scott G (2021) T20 Blast final: Kent Spitfires beat Somerset to lift trophy for second time, BBC Sport, 2021-09-18. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  25. ^ Pathak S (2021) The Hundred 2021: Men's team guide - Oval Invincibles, The Cricketer, 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  26. ^ The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed, BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  27. ^ Roller M (2021) BBL: Cox and Lammonby add to English influx with Hurricanes deals, CricInfo, 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  28. ^ Cox called up to Hurricanes in Australias Big Bash League, Kent County Cricket Club, 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  29. ^ Reeves T (2022) Kent's Jordan Cox named in England squad for seven-match T20 tour of Pakistan, Kent Online, 2022-09-02. Retrieved 2022-09-15.

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