Tyson Gordon

{{short description|Canadian cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Use Jamaican English|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Tyson Gordon

| image =

| country = Canada

| fullname = Tyson George Gordon

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|1|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Saint Mary, Jamaica

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| family = Andre Creary (half-brother)

| international = true

| internationalspan = 2011-2012

| odidebutdate = 20 February

| odidebutyear = 2011

| odidebutagainst = Sri Lanka

| odicap = 72

| lastodidate = 7 March

| lastodiyear = 2011

| lastodiagainst = Kenya

| T20Idebutdate = 18 March

| T20Idebutyear = 2012

| T20Idebutagainst = Afghanistan

| T20Icap = 36

| lastT20Idate = 23 March

| lastT20Iyear = 2012

| lastT20Iagainst = Scotland

| club1 = Jamaica

| year1 = 2004/05

| columns = 4

| column1 = ODI

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 27

| bat avg1 = 5.40

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 9

| deliveries1 = 15

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| column2 = T20I

| matches2 = 3

| runs2 = 32

| bat avg2 = 10.66

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 23

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| column3 = FC

| matches3 = 2

| runs3 = 59

| bat avg3 = 14.75

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 42

| deliveries3 = –

| wickets3 = –

| bowl avg3 = –

| fivefor3 = –

| tenfor3 = –

| best bowling3 = –

| catches/stumpings3 = 2/–

| column4 = LA

| matches4 = 7

| runs4 = 135

| bat avg4 = 19.28

| 100s/50s4 = 0/1

| top score4 = 70

| deliveries4 = 57

| wickets4 = 1

| bowl avg4 = 70.00

| fivefor4 = 0

| tenfor4 = 0

| best bowling4 = 1/33

| catches/stumpings4 = 2/–

| date = 27 January

| year = 2025

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/208755.html Cricinfo

}}

Tyson George Gordon (born 31 January 1982) is a Jamaican-born former Canadian international cricketer. Gordon is left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium, and who currently plays international cricket for Canada.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/208755.html |title=Tyson Gordon|accessdate=30 April 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He was born in Saint Mary, Jamaica.

Gordon played a single List A match for his native Jamaica against the touring South Africans in May 2005. In his maiden List A match he scored 70 runs before being dismissed by Shaun Pollock. This was the highest score in the Jamaican innings.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/82/82190.html|title=Jamaica v South Africans, 2005|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 March 2011}} He later moved to Canada and made his senior debut for Canada against Trinidad and Tobago in the 2010 Caribbean Twenty20. Gordon played in the following season's competition, playing all of Canada's fixtures in the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/79/79924/Twenty20_Matches.html|title=Twenty20 Matches played by Tyson Gordon|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 March 2011}} Tyson was selected as part of Canada's 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup squad,{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/squad/497535.html|title=ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 - Canada squad|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=9 March 2011}} having only qualified to play international cricket days before the tournament.{{fact|date=August 2022}}

Gordon made his One Day International and List A debut for Canada against Sri Lanka at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium. Gordon made 4 runs from 10 balls in the match, being dismissed by Nuwan Kulasekara.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/261/261421.html|title=Sri Lanka v Canada, 2011 Cricket World Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 March 2011}} This set the picture for a disappointing tournament with the bat for Gordon, with his average after four ODI's just 5.75.{{fact|date=August 2022}}