Gordon Brown (Zimbabwean cricketer) explained

Gordon Brown
Country:Australia
Fullname:Gordon John Brown
Birth Date:19 April 1981
Birth Place:Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm off-break
Role:All-rounder
Club1:Manicaland
Year1:2004–2005
Columns:2
Column1:FC
Matches1:2
Runs1:59
Bat Avg1:19.66
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:36
Deliveries1:29
Wickets1:0
Bowl Avg1:n/a
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:0/9
Catches/Stumpings1:0/–
Column2:LA
Matches2:4
Runs2:12
Bat Avg2:4.00
100S/50S2:0/0
Top Score2:7
Deliveries2:174
Wickets2:1
Bowl Avg2:119.00
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:n/a
Best Bowling2:1/42
Catches/Stumpings2:1/–
Date:13 January
Year:2015
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/71/71068/71068.html CricketArchive

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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/71/71068/71068.html Gordon Brown
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/71/71068/Miscellaneous_Matches.html Miscellaneous matches played by Gordon Brown (5)
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/71/71068/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Gordon Brown (4)
  4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/Faithwear_Clothing_Inter-Provincial_One-Day_Competition_2004-05/Bowling_by_Average.html Bowling in Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition 2004/05 (ordered by average)
  5. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/81/81940.html Manicaland v Mashonaland
  6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/82/82104.html Mashonaland v Manicaland