Nicholson Anthony Gordon (born 22 October 1991) is a

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n cricketer who made his debut for the Jamaican national side in January 2016. He is a right-arm

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. Gordon was born in

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. He made his

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debut in October 2009, playing a single match for the West Indies under-19s in the

2009–10 WICB President's Cup The 2009–10 WICB President's Cup was the 36th edition of the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The competition was played as a standalone tournament, wit ...

.List A matches played by Nicholson Gordon
CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2016. The following year, Gordon represented the team at the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in

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. He appeared in four of his team's matches, including the semi-final loss to

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, but failed to take a wicket at the tournament. Gordon made his senior debut for Jamaica in the

2015–16 Regional Super50 The 2015–16 NAGICO Super50 was the 42nd edition of the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The tournament was co-hosted by Saint Kitts and Trinidad and To ...

tournament, against

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. He took 2/17 on debut, and played another two games before being dropped. Later in the season, Gordon also made his first-class debut, playing matches against

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and the

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in the

2015–16 Regional Four Day Competition The 2015–16 Regional Four Day Competition was the 50th edition of the Regional Four Day Competition, the domestic first-class cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The competition ran from 6 November 201 ...

. In October 2019, he was named in Jamaica's squad for the

2019–20 Regional Super50 The 2019–20 Regional Super50 was the 46th edition of the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the Cricket West Indies (CWI). The tournament started on 6 November 2019, with the final taking pla ...

tournament. He made his

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debut on 31 August 2022, for

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in the

2022 Caribbean Premier League The 2022 Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) or CPL 10 or for sponsorship reasons, Hero CPL 2022 was the tenth season of the Caribbean Premier League, the domestic Twenty20 cricket league that was played in the West Indies. The tournament was held ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Nicholson 1991 births Living people Jamaica cricketers Jamaican cricketers Sportspeople from Westmoreland Parish