Gordon Cooke

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Gordon Cooke Ireland (IRE)

Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Right arm medium-fast (RMF)

Career	First-class	List A
Matches	5	21
Runs scored	39	148
Batting average	9.75	18.50
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	17	38*
Balls bowled	588	1049
Wickets	8	25
Bowling average	42.00	35.80
5 wickets in innings	0	1
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best Bowling	2/49	5/35
Catches/Stumpings	2/0	4/0
First-class debut: 11 June 1994 Last First-class: 21 August 1999 Updated: 8 February 2007 Source: Cricket Archive

Gordon Cooke (born 24 July 1975 in Derry, Northern Ireland^[1]) is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler^[1], he played 66 times for Ireland between 1994 and 2005.^[2]

He made his debut for Ireland on 11 June 1994, playing against Scotland^[2] in a first-class match.^[3] He played for Ireland in five more matches that year, and two matches in 1995 before being absent from the Irish team for two years.^[2] He returned to the team in May 1997 and remained an almost constant presence in the side until the European Championship in 2000, which was to be his last game for Ireland until 2004, when he returned in that years European Championship tournament.^[2] His last games for Ireland came in the 2005 ICC Trophy^[4], playing in the final as Ireland lost to Scotland.^[5]. He has now retired from cricket.^[6]

Of his 66 matches for Ireland, five had first-class status^[3] and 18 had List A status.^[7] His other three List A matches were for Northern Ireland as part of the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.