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Jordan Cox (cricketer)

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Jordan Cox
Personal information
Full name
Jordan Matthew Cox
Born (2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 24)
Margate, Kent[a]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break[1]
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 276)31 October 2024 v West Indies
Last ODI6 November 2024 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 103)11 September 2024 v Australia
Last T20I13 September 2024 v Australia
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
2024Gulf Giants
2024–Essex (squad no. 77)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC T20
Matches 3 2 53 125
Runs scored 22 17 3,194 2,615
Batting average 7.33 8.50 39.92 29.38
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 8/12 0/12
Top score 17 17 238* 94
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 48/0 85/6
Source: Cricinfo, 7 November 2024

Jordan Matthew Cox (born 21 October 2000) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Essex and England.[2]

A member of the Kent academy since the age of 10, Margate-born Cox began his career with his home county, signing his first professional contract in 2018.[3] After five years with Kent, Cox joined Essex in 2023[4].

Internationally, Cox was formerly an England Under-19 international, including at the 2020 World Cup. He made his full international debut in a T20I against Australia in September 2024.

Early life

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Cox was born in Margate[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. In early 2019 he played for the England under-19 cricket team on their tour of Bangladesh.[8][10] In club cricket, he formerly played for Sandwich Town in the Kent Cricket League.[3]

Domestic career

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After scoring a century in a 50-over Second XI friendly in April 2019 he made his List A debut on 27 April 2019 against the touring Pakistanis, scoring 21.[11] Following a series of good batting performances, including two centuries, for the Second XI during the 2019 season, Cox made his First-Class debut in July against Hampshire. He made his Twenty20 debut later the same month against Somerset in the T20 Blast.[12]

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][15][16][13][14] Cox's century was the first scored in England by a player born in the 2000s.[17]

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.[17][18] Later that year, Cox signed a contract extension with Kent, extending his contract until the end of the 2023 season.[19]

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.[20]

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.[21] Although he did not play a match for the side during the season, he was retained for the 2022 season.[22] Cox holds an Australian passport and over the 2021/22 English off-season he played 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.[23][24] He has since gone on to play in multiple franchise leagues around the world between 2022 and 2024, including in Sri Lanka, South Africa, and Pakistan. In the 2023-24 edition of the Big Bash League, he represented Melbourne Renegades.

In October 2023, Cox signed for Essex[25][26] on a three-year contract, making his debut the following April away to Nottinghamshire.[27] He scored his first century in Essex colours in only his second match, at home to old club Kent[28] and went on to finish his first season in Chelmsford with over 1,000 runs in all formats.[29][30]

International career

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Cox was first called into the England under-19 squad for an all-format tour to Bangladesh in early 2019, making his Youth Test, ODI, and T20I debuts within a month of each other. He was again called up in August 2019 for a home Youth ODI tri-series of matches against India and Bangladesh.[31][32]

After finishing another Youth ODI tri-series in December 2019 against West Indies and Sri Lanka as England Under-19s' leading run scorer,[33] Cox was named in England's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa the following month.[34]

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.[35] He would go on to make his T20I debut two years later, against Australia in Southampton[36], followed by his full ODI debut against West Indies in Antigua a month later[37].

In August 2024, he earned a maiden Test call-up against Sri Lanka.[38] and was subsequently included in the England squad for a tour to New Zealand later that year[39]. However, injury meant he was unable to feature in any of the three matches[40].

Notes

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  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.[13][14]

References

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  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. ^ "Jordan Cox: Essex sign Kent wicketkeeper on three-year contract". BBC Sport. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  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. ^ Hopps D (2019) Imran Qayyum haul leads Kent to victory over Somerset, CricInfo, 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  13. ^ a b Darren Stevens skewers Sussex after Jordan Cox, Jack Leaning run-bonanza, CricInfo, 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  14. ^ a b Bob Willis Trophy: Kent beat Sussex after Cox & Leaning share record stand, BBC Sport, 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  15. ^ Jordan Cox, Jack Leach make hay as twin tons put Kent on top, CricInfo, 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  16. ^ Bob Willis Trophy: Cox & Leaning centuries put Kent in front against Sussex, BBC Sport, 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  17. ^ a b Jordan Cox: Kent double-centurion dropped after breaching Covid-19 protocols, CricInfo, 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  18. ^ Jordan Cox: Kent batsman to miss Middlesex fixture after Covid-19 breach, BBC Sport, 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  19. ^ Jordan Cox: Kent wicketkeeper-batsman extends contract until 2023, BBC Sport, 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ Pathak S (2021) The Hundred 2021: Men's team guide - Oval Invincibles, The Cricketer, 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  22. ^ The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed, BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  23. ^ Roller M (2021) BBL: Cox and Lammonby add to English influx with Hurricanes deals, CricInfo, 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  24. ^ Cox called up to Hurricanes in Australias Big Bash League, Kent County Cricket Club, 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  25. ^ "Jordan Cox: Essex sign Kent wicketkeeper on three-year contract". BBC Sport. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  26. ^ "Jordan Cox signs for Essex". essexcricket.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  27. ^ "NOTTS vs ESSEX Cricket Scorecard, 4th Match at Nottingham, April 05 - 08, 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  28. ^ "ESSEX vs KENT Cricket Scorecard, 6th Match at Chelmsford, April 12 - 15, 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  29. ^ "County Championship Division One, 2024 averages batting bowling by team Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  30. ^ "Vitality Blast, 2024 averages batting bowling by team Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  31. ^ Cox called up to England U19 squad, Kent County Cricket Club, 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  32. ^ 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.
  33. ^ 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.
  34. ^ England squad named for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup, England and Wales Cricket Board, 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  35. ^ 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.
  36. ^ "ENG vs AUS Cricket Scorecard, 1st T20I at Southampton, September 11, 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  37. ^ "WI vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, 1st ODI at North Sound, October 31, 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  38. ^ http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/131246/crawley-ruled-out-of-sri-lanka-tests;-cox-gets-maiden-call-up
  39. ^ "Jordan Cox included in England Test squad for New Zealand tour". essexcricket.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  40. ^ "England in New Zealand: Jordan Cox ruled out of New Zealand Test series with fractured thumb". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 2024-11-24. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
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