Gordon Den (born 11 July 1939) is a

Rhodesian Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He played 27 first-class matches between 1963/64 and 1969/70 and 2

List A List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...

matches in the 1969/70 season. He is the uncle of current

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

international

Craig Ervine Craig Richard Ervine (born 19 August 1985) is a Zimbabwean international cricketer who captains Zimbabwe in limited overs matches. Ervine is a left-handed batter. He was born in Harare and has played Test and limited overs cricket for the Zimb ...

, former Zimbabwe international

Sean Ervine Sean Michael Ervine (born 6 December 1982) is a Zimbabwean former cricketer. Ervine played as an all-rounder who batted left-handed and bowled right-arm medium pace. Ervine was born at Harare in Zimbabwe and played for his country in the 2003 ...

, and

Ryan Ervine Ryan Ervine (born 19 July 1988) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who played two List A matches and three Twenty20 matches for Southern Rocks in the 2009/10 season. He is the brother of current Zimbabwe international Craig Ervine and former Zimbabwe int ...

, who played domestic limited overs cricket in Zimbabwe in 2009/10 season. Den's father, Alexander is recorded as having made one appearance for Rhodesia against the touring Australian national side in 1936.

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