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| Full name | Jordan Matthew Cox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2000-10-21)21 October 2000 (age 25) Margate,Kent[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armoff-break[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 276) | 31 October 2024 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 6 November 2024 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 103) | 11 September 2024 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 23 October 2025 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Kent(squad no. 22) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Oval Invincibles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021/22 | Hobart Hurricanes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23 | Dambulla Aura | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24 | Melbourne Renegades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Gulf Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Essex(squad no. 77) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,26 October 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jordan Matthew Cox (born 21 October 2000) is an English professionalcricketer who plays forEssex andEngland.[2]
A member of theKent academy since the age of 10,Margate-born Cox began his career with his home county, signing his first professional contract in 2018.[3] After five years with Kent, Cox joined Essex in 2023.[4]
Internationally, Cox was formerly anEngland Under-19 international, including at the2020 World Cup. He made his full international debut in aT20I againstAustralia in September 2024.
Cox was born inMargate[5] and educated atWellesley House School andFelsted School. He first played for Kent's Second XI in 2017.[6][7][8][9] He played for the London and East team in the ECB Super-4s developmental T20 competition in 2018 and was named player of the tournament. In early 2019 he played for theEngland under-19 cricket team on their tour of Bangladesh.[8][10] In club cricket, he formerly played for Sandwich Town in theKent Cricket League.[3]
After scoring a century in a 50-over Second XI friendly in April 2019 he made hisList A debut on 27 April 2019 against thetouring Pakistanis, scoring 21.[11] Following a series of good batting performances, including two centuries, for the Second XI during the 2019 season, Cox made hisFirst-Class debut in July againstHampshire. He made hisTwenty20 debut later the same month againstSomerset in theT20 Blast.[12]
In August 2020, Cox scored his maiden century in first-class cricket againstSussex atCanterbury in the second round of matches of the2020 Bob Willis Trophy. Cox went on to finish the inningsunbeaten on 238 in aKent record partnership for any wicket of 423 runs withJack Leaning.[b][15][16][13][14] Cox's century was the first scored in England by a player born in the 2000s.[17]
Cox was subsequently dropped for Kent's next match after having posed for photographs with young fans of the club, a breach of club medical protocols put in place during theCOVID-19 pandemic.[17][18] Later that year, Cox signed a contract extension with Kent, extending his contract until the end of the 2023 season.[19]
During the 2021 season, Cox was named Player of the Match as Kent won the2021 T20 Blast final. He scored 58 not out from 28 balls in the final and his "incredible piece of fielding gymnastics" helped take the wicket ofSomerset batsmanLewis Gregory, Cox palming the ball back from beyond the boundary to teammateMatt Milnes who was able to take the catch.[20]
He was part of theOval Invincibles squad for the2021 season of The Hundred, having been selected in the Wildcard Draft in the run up to the start of the competition.[21] Although he did not play a match for the side during the season, he was retained for the2022 season.[22] Cox holds an Australian passport and over the 2021/22 English off-season he playedgrade cricket forMosman Cricket Club, having played forEastern Suburbs the previous season.
In December 2021, he was recruited byBig Bash League sideHobart Hurricanes as a replacement for the opening match of their 2021-22 season.[23][24] He has since gone on to play in multiple franchise leagues around the world between 2022 and 2024, including inSri Lanka,South Africa, andPakistan. In the2023-24 edition of the Big Bash League, he representedMelbourne Renegades.
In October 2023, Cox signed for Essex[25][26] on a three-year contract, making his debut the following April away toNottinghamshire.[27] He scored his first century in Essex colours in only his second match, at home to old club Kent[28] and went on to finish his first season in Chelmsford with over 1,000 runs in all formats.[29][30]
In July 2025, Cox scored his highest score in T20 Blast, scoring 139* off 60 Balls against Hampshire.[31]
Cox was named2025 Professional Cricketers' Association Men's Player of the Year.[32]
Cox was first called into the England under-19 squad for an all-format tour toBangladesh in early 2019, making his Youth Test, ODI, and T20I debuts within a month of each other. He was again called up in August 2019 for a home Youth ODI tri-series of matches againstIndia and Bangladesh.[33][34]
After finishing another Youth ODI tri-series in December 2019 againstWest Indies andSri Lanka as England Under-19s' leading run scorer,[35] Cox was named in England's squad for the2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa the following month.[36]
In September 2022, Cox was one of five uncapped players named in theEngland squad for their seven-match Twenty20 Internationaltour of Pakistan later in the same month.[37] He would go on to make his T20I debut two years later, against Australia inSouthampton,[38] followed by his full ODI debutagainst West Indies inAntigua a month later.[39]
In August 2024, he earned a maiden Test call-up against Sri Lanka.[40] and was subsequently included in the England squad for a tour to New Zealand later that year.[41] However, injury meant he was unable to feature in any of the three matches.[42]
In May 2025 Cox was named in the England Men’s Lions’15-player squad for the series against India A. However, he was ruled out due to Injury.[43]