{{Short description|Irish cricketer (born 1975)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Gordon Cooke | image = | caption = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium-fast | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 5 | runs1 = 39 | bat avg1 = 9.75 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 17 | deliveries1 = 588 | wickets1 = 8 | bowl avg1 = 42.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/49 | catches/stumpings1= 2/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 21 | runs2 = 148 | bat avg2 = 18.50 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 38* | deliveries2 = 1,049 | wickets2 = 25 | bowl avg2 = 35.80 | fivefor2 = 1 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 5/35 | catches/stumpings2= 4/– | source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/7/7212/7212.html CricketArchive | date = 30 December | year = 2021 }}
'''Gordon Cooke''' (born 24 July 1975<ref name="CAP">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/7/7212/7212.html Cricket Archive profile]</ref>) is a former Northern Irish cricketer, from Derry. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler,<ref name="CAP"/> he played 66 times for the Irish cricket team between 1994 and 2005.<ref name="CESZP">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire60.htm |title=CricketEurope Stats Zone profile |access-date=1 December 2006 |archive-date=2 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202161044/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire60.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He made his debut for Ireland on 11 June 1994, playing against Scotland<ref name="CESZP"/> in a first-class match.<ref name="FCM">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/7/7212/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Gordon Cooke at Cricket Archive]</ref> He played for Ireland in five more matches that year, and two matches in 1995 before being absent from the Irish team for two years.<ref name="CESZP"/> He returned to the team in May 1997 and remained an almost constant presence in the side until the European Championship in 2000, which was to be his last game for Ireland until 2004, when he returned in that year's European Championship tournament.<ref name="CESZP"/> His last games for Ireland came in the 2005 ICC Trophy,<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/IRELAND/ICC_Trophy_2005/Ireland_Squad.html 2005 ICC Trophy squads at Cricket Archive]</ref> playing in the final as Ireland lost to Scotland.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/7/7212/ICC_Trophy_Matches.html ICC Trophy matches played by Gordon Cooke at Cricket Archive]</ref> He has now retired from cricket.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000017/001741.shtml |title=Article about Ireland squad that mentions Cooke's retirement |access-date=20 March 2007 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202827/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000017/001741.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Of his 66 matches for Ireland, five had first-class status<ref name="FCM"/> and 18 had List A status.<ref name="LAM">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/7/7212/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Gordon Cooke at Cricket Archive]</ref> His other three List A matches were for Northern Ireland as part of the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.<ref name="LAM"/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooke, Gordon}} Category:1975 births Category:Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from Derry (city) Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland Category:Irish cricketers