Jordan Matthew Cox (born 21 October 2000) is an English professional

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er.Jordan Cox
CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-04-27. He signed his first professional contract with Kent County Cricket Club in October 2018, having joined the county club at age 10, played for them at age-group levels and been a member of the club's academy programme, winning the John Aitken Gray award as the best academy scholar in 2018.Kent academy youngster Jordan Cox signs first professional contract with the county
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'', 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2019-04-27.Hogwood C (2019
Kent teenage starlet Jordan Cox hits superb century
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'', 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-04-27. Cox has played for the

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, including at the 2020 under-19 World Cup. Along with Jack Leaning he set a new highest partnership for any wicket for Kent in

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, scoring 238

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in an unbroken partnership of 423 runs against Sussex at

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Early life

Cox was born at

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''Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2019'', p.30. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club. and educated at

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and

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. He first played for Kent's Second XI in 2017.''Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2018'', p.52. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club.Jordan Cox
Kent County Cricket Club. Retrieved 2019-05-08.Jordan Cox
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-04-27.Academy keeper Jordan Cox takes eight catches in an innings
Kent County Cricket Club, 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2019-04-27. 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

on their tour of Bangladesh.Cox included in Young Lions tour squad
Kent County Cricket Club, 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2019-04-27. In club cricket he plays for Sandwich Town Cricket Club in the

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Cricket career

After scoring a century in a 50-over Second XI friendly in April 2019 he made his

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debut on 27 April 2019 against the touring Pakistanis, scoring 21 runs.Imad Wasim fires Pakistan to comprehensive win in opening tour game
CricInfo, 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2019-04-27. Following a series of good batting performances, including scoring two centuries, for the Second XI during the 2019 season, Cox made his

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debut in July against

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and was called into the England under-19 squad for a series of matches against

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and

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during August.Cox called up to England U19 squad
Kent County Cricket Club, 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2019-07-12.Hogwood C (2019
Kent call-up Jordan Cox in the absence of Zak Crawley versus Hampshire
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'', 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-12. He made his

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debut later the same month against

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in the

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.Hopps D (2019
Imran Qayyum haul leads Kent to victory over Somerset
CricInfo, 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2019-07-21. After finishing a tri-series of matches in December 2019 against West Indies and Sri Lanka under-19s as England under-19's leading run scorer, 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. Cox was named in England's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa the following month.England squad named for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup

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, 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-23. In August 2020, Cox scored his maiden century in first-class cricket against Sussex at

in the second round of matches of the

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. Cox went on to finish the innings unbeaten on 238 in a Kent record partnership for any wicket of 423 runs with Jack Leaning.Darren Stevens skewers Sussex after Jordan Cox, Jack Leaning run-bonanza
CricInfo, 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-10.Bob Willis Trophy: Kent beat Sussex after Cox & Leaning share record stand

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, 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-10. Cox's century was the first scored in England by a player born in the 2000s.Jordan Cox: Kent double-centurion dropped after breaching Covid-19 protocols
CricInfo, 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2020-08-11. 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

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.Jordan Cox: Kent batsman to miss Middlesex fixture after Covid-19 breach

, 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2020-08-11. Later in the year Cox signed a contract extension with Kent, extending his contract until the end of the 2023 season.Jordan Cox: Kent wicketkeeper-batsman extends contract until 2023

, 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2020-12-06. During the 2021 season, Cox was named Player of the Match as Kent won the

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final. He scored 58 not out from 28 balls in the final and his "incredible piece of fielding gymnastics" helped take the wicket of

batsman

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, Cox palming the ball back from beyond the boundary to teammate Matt Milnes who was able to take the catch.Scott G (2021
T20 Blast final: Kent Spitfires beat Somerset to lift trophy for second time

, 2021-09-18. Retrieved 2022-04-22. He was part of the

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squad for the

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, having been selected in the Wildcard Draft in the run up to the start of the competition. Although he did not play a match for the side during the season, he was retained for the 2022 season. Cox holds an Australian passport and over the 2021/22 English off-season he played

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for Mosman Cricket Club, having played for

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the previous season. In December 2021 he was recruited by Big Bash League side

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as a replacement for the opening match of their 2021/22 season.Cox called up to Hurricanes in Australias Big Bash League
Kent County Cricket Club, 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2022-04-22. In September 2022, Cox was one of five uncapped players named in the

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squad for their seven-match Twenty20 International tour of Pakistan later in the same month.Reeves T (2022
Kent's Jordan Cox named in England squad for seven-match T20 tour of Pakistan

, 2022-09-02. Retrieved 2022-09-15.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cox, Jordan 2000 births Living people English cricketers Kent cricketers English cricketers of the 21st century Oval Invincibles cricketers Hobart Hurricanes cricketers Sunrisers Eastern Cape cricketers People from Margate Cricketers from Kent Melbourne Renegades cricketers