Chris Jordan

Christopher James Jordan (born 4 October 1988) is a Barbadian-English cricketer who plays for England in One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, and previously played for the Test team.

In domestic cricket, he represents Surrey, having previously played for Sussex, and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.

Jordan made his 1st XI debut for Surrey versus Middlesex at Lord's in August 2007.

He took 2–41 on his first-class debut and in his second match, versus Durham, helped to dismiss the home side by taking 3–42.

He received the NBC Denis Compton Award as Surrey's most promising young player in 2007.

After suffering a stress fracture of the back, Jordan was unable to play in the 2010 English cricket season.

He resumed training in December that year.

At the end of the 2012 season, Jordan was released by Surrey after six years with the county.

Jordan made his ODI debut on 2013, his T20I debut in 2014, and played for the Test team between 2014 and 2015.

He was part of the England team that won the 2022 T20 World Cup.

Jordan plays as a right-arm fast-medium bowler.

He is England's highest wicket-taker in T20Is.

Jordan and both of his parents were born in Barbados; his maternal grandparents are British citizens.

After initially being educated at Combermere School in Bridgetown, Barbados where he studied alongside singer Rihanna, he gained a sporting scholarship to complete his formal education at Dulwich College, in England.

He returned to Barbados to play a second winter season for the Barbados national cricket team, before joining Sussex for the English 2013 season, taking championship best figures of 6–48 on debut against Yorkshire.

Qualified to play for both the West Indies and England (through both maternal genealogy and residency), he chose to play for England.

He made his ODI debut in September 2013 against Australia, and took his first ODI five-wicket haul against Sri Lanka on 28 May 2014 at Old Trafford, with figures of 5 for 29, helping England to a 10-wicket win.

Jordan was named in the England Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka, before making his debut in the first Test.

He was also named in the 3rd, 4th and 5th Test matches of India's tour of England in 2014.

Jordan made his ODI debut against Australia, taking figures of 3–51.

Jordan's selection had come as a surprise to many following his injury problems.

Jordan played in the first two matches of the return series in Australia, taking 1–50 and 2–53.

Jordan played in the final three games of the series, the pick of his figures being 2–37 in the final game of the series.

Jordan's economy rate did not pass 6.00 runs per over in any of the games, making him one of England's stand out bowlers.

Jordan made his T20 debut at the World Cup against New Zealand in a rain affected match.

He took 2–28 in the second match against Sri Lanka as England secured an unlikely victory.

Jordan played in the defeat against South Africa which ended their hopes of progressing in the competition.

He took 1–13 in three overs against the Netherlands but was unable to prevent an embarrassing defeat for England.

In the first match of the ODI series against Sri Lanka, Jordan excelled, taking 3–25 and smashing 38 off just 16 balls.

This earned him the man of the match award.

Jordan took 5–29 in the third match of the series as England cruised to victory.

Jordan was expensive in the fourth match, managing 2–67 as Sri Lanka won the match to take the series into a decider.

In the final match he took 1–55 as England lost the game and the series 3–2.

Jordan was called up to the test team to face Sri Lanka following his impressive performances.

In the first test, he took 5 wickets in the match but was unable to force a victory as the match ended in a draw.

He was less impressive for the second match, failing to take a wicket as England lost by 100 runs.

Jordan was selected in the squad for the first test against India, but missed out as Ben Stokes returned from injury.

He was also named in the squad for the second test.

He played in his first game of the series in the third Test.

He did not take a wicket in the match, but kept his place for the next match of the series.