Alistar Bruce Jordan (born 5 September 1949) is a former

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who played

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for

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from 1969 to 1980. A right-arm opening bowler, Jordan's best figures in first-class cricket were 7 for 82 against

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in 1972–73. He was a member of the New Zealand team that briefly toured Australia in 1972–73. Jordan also played

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cricket for

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from 1966 to 1992, and was named in the Hawke Cup Team of the Century in 2011. He has been a player, coach and administrator in Taranaki for more than 50 years. In 2010 he was awarded life membership of the Taranaki Cricket Association. He was inducted into the Taranaki Sports Hall of Fame in 2012 and became a life member of the Central Districts Cricket Association in 2023.

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* * 1949 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Central Districts cricketers Taranaki cricketers Cambridgeshire cricketers New Zealand expatriate cricketers in England {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1940s-stub