Steve Gordon (cricketer)

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Steve Gordon
Cayman Islands
Personal information
Full name Steve Constantine Gordon
Born 22 November 1967 (1967-11-22) (age 40)
Jamaica
Role Batsman
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium pace
Domestic team information
Years Team
1988-1994 Jamaica
First-class debut 5 April 1988: Jamaica v Lancashire
Last First-class 31 August 2005: Cayman Islands v Canada
List A debut 11 October 2000: Cayman Islands v Guyana
Last List A 17 October 2000: Cayman Islands v Windward Islands
Career statistics
First-class List A Twenty20
Matches 4 4 2
Runs scored 138 86 34
Batting average 19.71 28.66 17.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/1 0/0
Top score 65 56* 18
Overs 0 1 0
Wickets - 0 -
Bowling average - - -
5 wickets in innings - 0 -
10 wickets in match - n/a n/a
Best bowling - 0/11 -
Catches/stumpings 3/0 1/0 1/0

As of 9 September 2007
Source: [1]

Steve Constantine Gordon (born 22 November 1967 in Jamaica)[1] is a Cayman Islands cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler,[2] he has played for the Cayman Islands national cricket team since 2000, having previously represented Jamaica.[3]

[edit] Biography

Steve Gordon first played cricket for his native Jamaica in April 1988, playing a first-class match against Lancashire. He played just one more game for Jamaica, another first-class match, this time against the Windward Islands in February 1994.[4]

He first played for the Cayman Islands in August 2000, making his debut against the USA at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in the ICC Americas Championship.[5] He made his List A debut that October, playing for the Cayman Islands against Guyana, Bermuda, the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands in Antigua.[6]

He played in the following two Americas Championship tournaments; in 2002,[5] when the Cayman Islands finished as runners-up,[7] and in 2004,[5] when the Caymans finished fourth.[8] He next played for the Cayman Islands in February 2005 when he played in the repĂȘchage tournament for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur[5] with the Caymans finishing in 5th place after beating Kuwait in a play-off.[9]

He returned to first-class cricket in August 2005, playing two matches for the Cayman Islands in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club against Bermuda and Canada.[4] In July the following year, he played in the inaugural Stanford 20/20 tournament, playing two matches against the Bahamas and Trinidad & Tobago before the Cayman Islands were knocked out.[10] He played in the Americas Championship the following month, winning the man of the match award against Canada[11] as the Caymans finished fourth ahead of Argentina.[12]

He most recently played for the Cayman Islands in Division Three of the World Cricket League[13] in Darwin, Australia, with the Cayman Islands finishing fourth after losing a play-off to Papua New Guinea.[14]

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