{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer (1949–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Alistar Jordan | image = | caption = | fullname = Alistar Bruce Jordan | country = New Zealand | birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|9|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|11|23|1949|9|5|df=yes}} | death_place = Taranaki, New Zealand | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | club1 = Central Districts | year1 = {{nowrap|1968/69–1979/80}} | club2 = Cambridgeshire | year2 = 1980 | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 58 | runs1 = 560 | bat avg1 = 10.98 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 47 | deliveries1 = 9,905 | wickets1 = 165 | bowl avg1 = 28.38 | fivefor1 = 7 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 7/82 | catches/stumpings1= 28/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 12 | runs2 = 32 | bat avg2 = 6.40 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 10 | deliveries2 = 611 | wickets2 = 17 | bowl avg2 = 42.00 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 3/20 | catches/stumpings2= 1/– | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37495.html Cricinfo | date = 30 August | year = 2017 }}
'''Alistar Bruce Jordan''' (5 September 1949 – 23 November 2025) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Central Districts from 1969 to 1980.
==Biography== A right-arm opening bowler, Jordan's best figures in first-class cricket were 7 for 82 against Otago in 1972–73.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/33/33019.html| title = Otago v Central Districts 1972–73| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 30 August 2017}}</ref> He was a member of the New Zealand team that briefly toured Australia in 1972–73.
Jordan also played Hawke Cup cricket for Taranaki from 1966 to 1992, and was named in the Hawke Cup Team of the Century in 2011.<ref>{{cite news| work=Stuff.co.nz| first=Wayne |last=Martin |accessdate=30 August 2017| title=Nelson hold an esteemed place in annals of Hawke Cup cricket history|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/sport/89584637/nelson-hold-an-esteemed-place-in-annals-of-hawke-cup-cricket-history|date=21 February 2017}}</ref> He was a player, coach and administrator in Taranaki for more than 50 years. In 2010, he was awarded life membership of the Taranaki Cricket Association.<ref>{{cite web |title=Recipients of Citizens Awards 2016 |url=https://www.newplymouthnz.com/Council/Council-Documents/News-and-Notices/2016/07/25/Recipients-of-Citizens-Awards-2016 |website=New Plymouth District Council |access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref> He was inducted into the Taranaki Sports Hall of Fame in 2012<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hills |first=Murray |date=24 November 2012 |title=Taranaki Daily News |pages=Page 038 |work=Taranaki Daily News}}</ref> and became a life member of the Central Districts Cricket Association in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ALI JORDAN AWARDED CDCA LIFE MEMBERSHIP |url=https://www.cdcricket.co.nz/cdcricket/newsarticle/135575?fbclid=iwar3whzpu8opfe8m-msvyketky0xncqf1hsvgmamsgftp0uj3uznxwscbyng_aem_awpdgdcir9zix4peuc55ge5pgomqkxdtp93w5z1w7o0gztiajwnsdhxc63ko_htnznm |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=www.cdcricket.co.nz}}</ref>
Jordan and his wife Diane were married for 55 years until his death at his home, on 23 November 2025, at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alistar Bruce (Ali) Jordan |url=https://www.eagars.co.nz/funerals?funeral=VByiR |website=Eagars Funerals |access-date=25 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Snook |first1=Ian |title=Obituary: Alistar Bruce Jordan (Ali) |url=https://sportsnewstaranaki.co.nz/news-article?id=1991 |access-date=25 November 2025 |work=Sport News Taranaki |date=25 November 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=37495}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jordan, Alistar}} Category:1949 births Category:2025 deaths Category:New Zealand cricketers Category:Central Districts cricketers Category:Taranaki cricketers Category:Cambridgeshire cricketers Category:New Zealand expatriate cricketers in England Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen