# Gordon Cooke

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{{Short description|Irish cricketer (born 1975)}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name              = Gordon Cooke
| image             = 
| caption           =
| batting           = Right-handed
| bowling           = Right-arm medium-fast
| columns           = 2
| column1           = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| 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](/source/List_A_cricket)
| matches2          = 21
| runs2             = 148
| bat avg2          = 18.50
| 100s/50s2         = 0/0
| top score2        = 38[*](/source/not_out)
| 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](/source/Ireland_cricket_team), from [Derry](/source/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](/source/Scottish_cricket_team)<ref name="CESZP"/> in a [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) 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](/source/European_Cricket_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](/source/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](/source/List_A_cricket) 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](/source/Cricket_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games) at the [1998 Commonwealth Games](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games).<ref name="LAM"/>

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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

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