Gordon Brown (Zimbabwean cricketer)

Gordon John Brown (born 19 April 1981) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played at first-class and limited overs level for Manicaland during the 2004–05 season.

Gordon Brown
Personal information
Full nameGordon John Brown
Born (1981-04-19) 19 April 1981
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004–2005Manicaland
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 2 4
Runs scored 59 12
Batting average 19.66 4.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 36 7
Balls bowled 29 174
Wickets 0 1
Bowling average n/a 119.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 0/9 1/42
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 January 2015

Born in Chinhoyi in what is now Mashonaland West Province,[1] Brown represented a Zimbabwe national under-15 team at the 1996 Lombard Under-15 Challenge Cup in England, playing against Canadian, English, Indian, and West Indian representative teams.[2] He made his senior debut for Manicaland during the 2004–05 season of the one-day Faithwear Inter-Provincial Tournament.[3] In four matches, Brown, a right-arm off-spinner, took only a single wicket (that of Tinashe Hove, against Matabeleland), conceding 119 runs from his 29 overs.[4]

Despite his performance at one-day level, later in the season Brown was selected in two of Manicaland's matches in the four-day Logan Cup. He was selected as an all-rounder in these matches, coming in as high as sixth in the batting order, and indeed bowling only 4.5 overs across the two games. On debut against Mashonaland, he scored 36 runs from 83 balls before being run out by Chamu Chibhabha, his highest first-class score.[5] Brown's batting in the next match, also against Mashonaland, was less successful,[6] and he finished with a first-class batting average of 19.66.[1]

References
  1. Gordon Brown – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. Miscellaneous matches played by Gordon Brown (5) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. List A matches played by Gordon Brown (4) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. Bowling in Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition 2004/05 (ordered by average) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  5. Manicaland v Mashonaland, Logan Cup 2004/05 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  6. Mashonaland v Manicaland, Logan Cup 2004/05 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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