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	After scoring a century in a 50-over Second XI friendly in April 2019 he made his [[List A cricket\|List A]] debut on 27 April 2019 against the [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 2019\|touring Pakistanis]], scoring 21.<ref name=ci27apr19>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18664/report/1169535/kent-vs-pakistan-tour-match-pakistan-in-eng-2019 Imad Wasim fires Pakistan to comprehensive win in opening tour game], [[CricInfo]], 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.</ref> Following a series of good batting performances, including two centuries, for the Second XI during the 2019 season, Cox made his [[first-class cricket\|First-Class]] debut in July against [[Hampshire County Cricket Club\|Hampshire]]. He made his [[Twenty20]] debut later the same month against [[Somerset County Cricket Club\|Somerset]] in the [[2019 t20 Blast\|T20 Blast]].<ref name="ci20jul19">Hopps D (2019) [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8053/report/1167137/kent-vs-somerset-south-group-vitality-blast-2019 Imran Qayyum haul leads Kent to victory over Somerset], [[CricInfo]], 20 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.</ref>		After scoring a century in a 50-over Second XI friendly in April 2019 he made his [[List A cricket\|List A]] debut on 27 April 2019 against the [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 2019\|touring Pakistanis]], scoring 21.<ref name=ci27apr19>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18664/report/1169535/kent-vs-pakistan-tour-match-pakistan-in-eng-2019 Imad Wasim fires Pakistan to comprehensive win in opening tour game], [[CricInfo]], 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.</ref> Following a series of good batting performances, including two centuries, for the Second XI during the 2019 season, Cox made his [[first-class cricket\|First-Class]] debut in July against [[Hampshire County Cricket Club\|Hampshire]]. He made his [[Twenty20]] debut later the same month against [[Somerset County Cricket Club\|Somerset]] in the [[2019 t20 Blast\|T20 Blast]].<ref name="ci20jul19">Hopps D (2019) [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8053/report/1167137/kent-vs-somerset-south-group-vitality-blast-2019 Imran Qayyum haul leads Kent to victory over Somerset], [[CricInfo]], 20 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.</ref>

	In August 2020, Cox scored his maiden century in first-class cricket against [[Sussex County Cricket Club\|Sussex]] at [[St Lawrence Ground\|Canterbury]] in the second round of matches of the [[2020 Bob Willis Trophy]]. Cox went on to finish the innings [[not out\|unbeaten]] on 238 in a [[List of Kent County Cricket Club first-class cricket records\|Kent record partnership for any wicket]] of 423 runs with [[Jack Leaning]].{{efn\|Kent's innings had to end after 120 overs due to regulations in place in the [[2020 Bob Willis Trophy]] to limit the length of first innings during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name=ci10aug20/><ref name=bbc10aug20/>}}<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19880/report/1227600/kent-vs-sussex-south-group-bob-willis-trophy-2020 Jordan Cox, Jack ~~Leach make hay as twin tons put Kent on top~~], [[CricInfo]], 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/~~53710367?~~ Bob Willis Trophy: Cox & Leaning ~~centuries put Kent in front against Sussex~~], [[BBC Sport]], 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.</ref><ref ~~name="ci10aug20"~~>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19880/report/1227600/kent-vs-sussex-south-group-bob-willis-trophy-2020 ~~Darren Stevens skewers Sussex after~~ Jordan Cox, Jack ~~Leaning run-bonanza~~], [[CricInfo]], 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.</ref><ref ~~name="bbc10aug20"~~>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/~~53721892~~ Bob Willis Trophy: ~~Kent beat Sussex after~~ Cox & Leaning ~~share record stand~~], [[BBC Sport]], 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.</ref> Cox's century was the first scored in England by a player born in the 2000s.<ref name="ci11aug20">[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29640032/kent-double-centurion-dropped-breaching-covid-19-protocols Jordan Cox: Kent double-centurion dropped after breaching Covid-19 protocols], [[CricInfo]], 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.</ref>		In August 2020, Cox scored his maiden century in first-class cricket against [[Sussex County Cricket Club\|Sussex]] at [[St Lawrence Ground\|Canterbury]] in the second round of matches of the [[2020 Bob Willis Trophy]]. Cox went on to finish the innings [[not out\|unbeaten]] on 238 in a [[List of Kent County Cricket Club first-class cricket records\|Kent record partnership for any wicket]] of 423 runs with [[Jack Leaning]].{{efn\|Kent's innings had to end after 120 overs due to regulations in place in the [[2020 Bob Willis Trophy]] to limit the length of first innings during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name=ci10aug20/><ref name=bbc10aug20/>}}<ref name="ci10aug20">[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19880/report/1227600/kent-vs-sussex-south-group-bob-willis-trophy-2020 Darren Stevens skewers Sussex after Jordan Cox, Jack Leaning run-bonanza], [[CricInfo]], 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.</ref><ref name="bbc10aug20">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/53721892 Bob Willis Trophy: Kent beat Sussex after Cox & Leaning share record stand], [[BBC Sport]], 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19880/report/1227600/kent-vs-sussex-south-group-bob-willis-trophy-2020 Jordan Cox, Jack Leach make hay as twin tons put Kent on top], [[CricInfo]], 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/53710367? Bob Willis Trophy: Cox & Leaning centuries put Kent in front against Sussex], [[BBC Sport]], 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.</ref> Cox's century was the first scored in England by a player born in the 2000s.<ref name="ci11aug20">[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29640032/kent-double-centurion-dropped-breaching-covid-19-protocols Jordan Cox: Kent double-centurion dropped after breaching Covid-19 protocols], [[CricInfo]], 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.</ref>

	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 the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="ci11aug20" /><ref name="bbc11aug20">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/53744203 Jordan Cox: Kent batsman to miss Middlesex fixture after Covid-19 breach], [[BBC Sport]], 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.</ref> Later that year, Cox signed a contract extension with Kent, extending his contract until the end of the 2023 season.<ref name="bbc2dec20">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/55164299 Jordan Cox: Kent wicketkeeper-batsman extends contract until 2023], [[BBC Sport]], 2 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.</ref>		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 the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="ci11aug20" /><ref name="bbc11aug20">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/53744203 Jordan Cox: Kent batsman to miss Middlesex fixture after Covid-19 breach], [[BBC Sport]], 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.</ref> Later that year, Cox signed a contract extension with Kent, extending his contract until the end of the 2023 season.<ref name="bbc2dec20">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/55164299 Jordan Cox: Kent wicketkeeper-batsman extends contract until 2023], [[BBC Sport]], 2 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.</ref>

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{{short description|English cricketer (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2026}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Jordan Cox
| image =
| caption = Jordan Cox in 2025
| country = England
| full_name = Jordan Matthew Cox
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|10|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Margate]], [[Kent]], England{{efn|CricInfo originally listed Cox's birth place as Portsmouth. Kent sources, CricketArchive and Wisden all list it as Margate and CricInfo has now changed its listing. After Cox's double century innings a number of media reports used the information from CricInfo to wrongly attribute his place of birth.}}
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[off-break]]<ref name=wis>[https://www.wisden.com/players/jordan-cox Jordan Cox], [[Wisden]]. Retrieved 27 April 2019.</ref>
| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]

| international = true
| testdebutdate = 17 June
| testdebutyear = 2026
| testdebutagainst = New Zealand
| testcap = 722
| lasttestdate = 27 August
| lasttestyear = 2026
| lasttestagainst = Pakistan

| odidebutdate = 31 October
| odidebutyear = 2024
| odidebutagainst = West Indies
| odicap = 276
| lastodidate = 6 November
| lastodiyear = 2024
| lastodiagainst = West Indies
| odishirt =

| T20Idebutdate = 11 September
| T20Idebutyear = 2024
| T20Idebutagainst = Australia
| T20Icap = 103
| lastT20Idate = 23 October
| lastT20Iyear = 2025
| lastT20Iagainst = New Zealand

| club1 = [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]]
| year1 = 2019–2023
| club2 = [[Oval Invincibles]]
| year2 = 2021–2025
| club3 = [[Hobart Hurricanes]]
| year3 = 2021/22
| club4 = [[Dambulla Aura]]
| year4 = 2022/23
| club5 = [[Sunrisers Eastern Cape]]
| year5 = 2022/23
| club6 = [[Melbourne Renegades]]
| year6 = 2023/24
| club7 = [[Gulf Giants]]
| year7 = 2024–2025
| club8 = [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]]
| year8 = 2024–present
| club9 = [[Dubai Capitals]]
| year9 = 2025/26
| club10 = [[Pretoria Capitals]]
| year10 = 2026
| club11 = [[Royal Challengers Bengaluru]]
| year11 = 2026–present
| club12 = [[Welsh Fire]]
| year12 = 2026–present
| hidedeliveries = true
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 191
| bat avg1 = 38.20
| 100s/50s1 = 0/2
| top score1 = 73
| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 3
| runs2 = 22
| bat avg2 = 7.33
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 17
| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–
| column3 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches3 = 6
| runs3 = 88
| bat avg3 = 22.00
| 100s/50s3 = 0/1
| top score3 = 55
| catches/stumpings3 = 6/–
| column4 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches4 = 66
| runs4 = 4,284
| bat avg4 = 43.27
| 100s/50s4 = 12/16
| top score4 = 238[[not out|*]]
| catches/stumpings4 = 68/0
| date = 30 August
| year = 2026
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/1112537.html Cricinfo
|internationalspan=2024–present}}

'''Jordan Matthew Cox''' (born 21 October 2000) is an English professional [[cricket]]er who plays for [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] and [[England cricket team|England]].<ref name=ci>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/1112537.html Jordan Cox], [[CricInfo]]. Retrieved 27 April 2019.</ref>

A member of the [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] academy since the age of 10, [[Margate]]-born Cox began his career with his home county, signing his first professional contract in 2018.<ref name=ko17oct18>[https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/sport/kent-contract-dream-come-true-for-cox-191733/ Kent academy youngster Jordan Cox signs first professional contract with the county], ''[[Kent Online]]'', 17 October 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2019.</ref> After five years with Kent, Cox joined Essex in 2023.<ref name="BBC Sport">{{Cite news |date=28 July 2023 |title=Jordan Cox: Essex sign Kent wicketkeeper on three-year contract |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66337060 |access-date=26 February 2025 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Internationally, Cox was formerly an [[England under-19 cricket team|England Under-19]] international, including at the [[2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup|2020 World Cup]]. He made his full international debut in a [[Twenty20 International|T20I]] against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] in September 2024.

==Early life==
Cox was born in [[Margate]]<ref name=annual19p30>''Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2019'', p.30. Canterbury: [[Kent County Cricket Club]].</ref> and educated at [[Wellesley House School]] and [[Felsted School]]. He first played for Kent's Second XI in 2017.<ref name=annual18p52>''Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2018'', p.52. Canterbury: [[Kent County Cricket Club]].</ref><ref name=kent>[http://www.kentcricket.co.uk/profile/jordan-cox/ Jordan Cox], [[Kent County Cricket Club]]. Retrieved 8 May 2019.</ref><ref name=ca>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1876/1876958/1876958.html Jordan Cox], CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 April 2019.</ref><ref name=kc30aug16>[http://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/academy-keeper-jordan-cox-takes-eight-catches-in-an-innings/ Academy keeper Jordan Cox takes eight catches in an innings], [[Kent County Cricket Club]], 30 August 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2019.</ref> 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 the [[England under-19 cricket team]] on their tour of Bangladesh.<ref name=ca/><ref name=kc9jan19>[http://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/cox-included-in-young-lions-tour-squad/ Cox included in Young Lions tour squad], [[Kent County Cricket Club]], 9 January 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.</ref> In club cricket, he formerly played for Sandwich Town in the [[Kent Cricket League]].<ref name=ko17oct18/>

==Domestic career==
After scoring a century in a 50-over Second XI friendly in April 2019 he made his [[List A cricket|List A]] debut on 27 April 2019 against the [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 2019|touring Pakistanis]], scoring 21.<ref name=ci27apr19>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18664/report/1169535/kent-vs-pakistan-tour-match-pakistan-in-eng-2019 Imad Wasim fires Pakistan to comprehensive win in opening tour game], [[CricInfo]], 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.</ref> Following a series of good batting performances, including two centuries, for the Second XI during the 2019 season, Cox made his [[first-class cricket|First-Class]] debut in July against [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]. He made his [[Twenty20]] debut later the same month against [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] in the [[2019 t20 Blast|T20 Blast]].<ref name="ci20jul19">Hopps D (2019) [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8053/report/1167137/kent-vs-somerset-south-group-vitality-blast-2019 Imran Qayyum haul leads Kent to victory over Somerset], [[CricInfo]], 20 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.</ref>

In August 2020, Cox scored his maiden century in first-class cricket against [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] at [[St Lawrence Ground|Canterbury]] in the second round of matches of the [[2020 Bob Willis Trophy]]. Cox went on to finish the innings [[not out|unbeaten]] on 238 in a [[List of Kent County Cricket Club first-class cricket records|Kent record partnership for any wicket]] of 423 runs with [[Jack Leaning]].{{efn|Kent's innings had to end after 120 overs due to regulations in place in the [[2020 Bob Willis Trophy]] to limit the length of first innings during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name=ci10aug20/><ref name=bbc10aug20/>}}<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19880/report/1227600/kent-vs-sussex-south-group-bob-willis-trophy-2020 Jordan Cox, Jack Leach make hay as twin tons put Kent on top], [[CricInfo]], 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/53710367? Bob Willis Trophy: Cox & Leaning centuries put Kent in front against Sussex], [[BBC Sport]], 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.</ref><ref name="ci10aug20">[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19880/report/1227600/kent-vs-sussex-south-group-bob-willis-trophy-2020 Darren Stevens skewers Sussex after Jordan Cox, Jack Leaning run-bonanza], [[CricInfo]], 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.</ref><ref name="bbc10aug20">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/53721892 Bob Willis Trophy: Kent beat Sussex after Cox & Leaning share record stand], [[BBC Sport]], 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.</ref> Cox's century was the first scored in England by a player born in the 2000s.<ref name="ci11aug20">[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29640032/kent-double-centurion-dropped-breaching-covid-19-protocols Jordan Cox: Kent double-centurion dropped after breaching Covid-19 protocols], [[CricInfo]], 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.</ref>

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 the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="ci11aug20" /><ref name="bbc11aug20">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/53744203 Jordan Cox: Kent batsman to miss Middlesex fixture after Covid-19 breach], [[BBC Sport]], 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.</ref> Later that year, Cox signed a contract extension with Kent, extending his contract until the end of the 2023 season.<ref name="bbc2dec20">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/55164299 Jordan Cox: Kent wicketkeeper-batsman extends contract until 2023], [[BBC Sport]], 2 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.</ref>

During the 2021 season, Cox was named Player of the Match as Kent won the [[2021 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 of [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] batsman [[Lewis Gregory]], Cox palming the ball back from beyond the boundary to teammate [[Matt Milnes]] who was able to take the catch.<ref name=bbc>Scott G (2021) [https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/58609102 T20 Blast final: Kent Spitfires beat Somerset to lift trophy for second time], [[BBC Sport]], 18 September 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.</ref>

He was part of the [[Oval Invincibles]] squad for the [[2021 season of The Hundred]], having been selected in the Wildcard Draft in the run up to the start of the competition.<ref>Pathak S (2021) [https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/ovalinvincibles/the_hundred_2021_mens_team_guide_oval_invincibles.html The Hundred 2021: Men's team guide – Oval Invincibles], ''[[The Cricketer]]'', 19 July 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.</ref> Although he did not play a match for the team during the season, he was retained for the [[2022 season of The Hundred|2022 season]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60477088 The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed], [[BBC Sport]]. Retrieved 22 April 2022.</ref> Cox holds an Australian passport and over the 2021/22 English off-season he played [[Sydney Grade Cricket|grade cricket]] for [[Mosman Cricket Club]], having played for [[Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club|Eastern Suburbs]] the previous season.

In December 2021, he was recruited by [[Big Bash League]] team [[Hobart Hurricanes]] as a replacement for the opening match of their 2021–22 season.<ref>Roller M (2021) [https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/big-bash-bbl-cox-and-lammonby-add-to-english-influx-with-hurricanes-deals-1292682 BBL: Cox and Lammonby add to English influx with Hurricanes deals], [[CricInfo]], 7 December 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/cox-called-up-to-hurricanes-in-australias-big-bash-league/ Cox called up to Hurricanes in Australias Big Bash League], [[Kent County Cricket Club]], 7 December 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.</ref> He has since gone on to play in multiple franchise leagues around the world between 2022 and 2024, including in [[2022 Lanka Premier League|Sri Lanka]], [[2023 SA20|South Africa]], and [[2024 Pakistan Super League|Pakistan]]. In the [[2023–24 Big Bash League season|2023–24]] edition of the Big Bash League, he represented [[Melbourne Renegades]].

In October 2023, Cox signed for Essex<ref name="BBC Sport"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jordan Cox signs for Essex |url=https://essexcricket.org.uk/2023/07/28/jordan-cox-signs-for-essex/ |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=essexcricket.org.uk}}</ref> on a three-year contract, making his debut the following April away to [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NOTTS vs ESSEX Cricket Scorecard, 4th Match at Nottingham, April 05 – 08, 2024 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-division-one-2024-1410191/nottinghamshire-vs-essex-4th-match-1410196/full-scorecard |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> He scored his first century in Essex colours in only his second match, at home to old club Kent<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESSEX vs KENT Cricket Scorecard, 6th Match at Chelmsford, April 12 – 15, 2024 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-division-one-2024-1410191/essex-vs-kent-6th-match-1410198/full-scorecard |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> and went on to finish his first season in Chelmsford with over 1,000 runs in all formats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=County Championship Division One, 2024 averages batting bowling by team Records |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/averages-batting-bowling-by-team/county-championship-division-one-2024-15937?team=1035 |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vitality Blast, 2024 averages batting bowling by team Records |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/averages-batting-bowling-by-team/vitality-blast-2024-15943?team=1035 |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>

In July 2025, Cox scored his highest score in T20 Blast, scoring 139* off 60 Balls against Hampshire.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Jordan Cox Scores 139* against Hamshire |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/vitality-blast-men-2025-1460753/essex-vs-hampshire-south-group-1460868/match-report |website=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref>

Cox was named [[PCA Player of the Year awards|2025 Professional Cricketers' Association Men's Player of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cm2d5zg8rjlo|title=Lamb and Cox win PCA player of the year awards|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=9 October 2025}}</ref>

In December 2025, he was bought by the [[Indian Premier League]] team [[Royal Challengers Bengaluru]] for his base price of ₹75 [[Lakh]] ahead of the [[2026 Indian Premier League|2026 season]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=IPL Auction 2026 |url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/ipl-2026/auction/players/14813 |url-status=live |website=cricbuzz}}</ref>

==International career==
Cox was first called into the England under-19 squad for an all-format tour to [[Bangladesh national under-19 cricket team|Bangladesh]] 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 against [[India national under-19 cricket team|India]] and Bangladesh.<ref name="kent10jul19">[https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/cox-called-up-to-england-u19-squad/ Cox called up to England U19 squad], [[Kent County Cricket Club]], 10 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.</ref><ref name="ko12jul19">Hogwood C (2019) [https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/sport/kent-call-up-teenager-208367/ Kent call-up Jordan Cox in the absence of Zak Crawley versus Hampshire], ''[[Kent Online]]'', 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.</ref>

After finishing another Youth ODI tri-series in December 2019 against [[West Indies under-19 cricket team|West Indies]] and [[Sri Lanka national under-19 cricket team|Sri Lanka]] as England Under-19s' leading run scorer,<ref name="twit22dec19">[[Kent County Cricket Club]] [KentCricket] [https://twitter.com/KentCricket/status/1208689735423680513 77 more runs for Jordan Cox against Sri Lanka U-19s 💪 He finishes the tri-series as England’s highest run scorer (228) 🙌 Scorecard ➡️ https://www.ecb.co.uk/matches/18855 #SuperKent150], (Tweet), via [[Twitter]], 22 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.</ref> Cox was named in England's squad for the [[2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup]] in South Africa the following month.<ref name="ecb23dec19">[https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men/news/1543861/england-squad-named-for-icc-u19-cricket-world-cup England squad named for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup], [[England and Wales Cricket Board]], 23 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.</ref>

In September 2022, Cox was one of five uncapped players named in the [[England cricket team|England]] squad for their seven-match Twenty20 International [[England cricket team in Pakistan in 2022–23|tour of Pakistan]] later in the same month.<ref name="ko2sep22">Reeves T (2022) [https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/sport/cox-earns-first-england-t20-call-up-272921/ Kent's Jordan Cox named in England squad for seven-match T20 tour of Pakistan], [[Kent Online]], 2 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.</ref> He would go on to make his T20I debut two years later, against Australia in [[Rose Bowl (cricket ground)|Southampton]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=ENG vs AUS Cricket Scorecard, 1st T20I at Southampton, September 11, 2024 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-in-england-2024-1385674/england-vs-australia-1st-t20i-1385697/full-scorecard |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> followed by his full ODI debut [[English cricket team in the West Indies in 2024–25|against West Indies]] in [[Sir Vivian Richards Stadium|Antigua]] a month later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WI vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, 1st ODI at North Sound, October 31, 2024 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/west-indies-vs-england-2024-25-1433354/west-indies-vs-england-1st-odi-1433370/full-scorecard |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>

In August 2024, he earned a maiden Test call-up against Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Crawley ruled out of Sri Lanka Tests; Cox gets maiden call-up {{!}} Cricbuzz.com | url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/131246/crawley-ruled-out-of-sri-lanka-tests;-cox-gets-maiden-call-up | access-date=2026-08-31 | website=www.cricbuzz.com}}</ref> and was subsequently included in the England squad for a tour to New Zealand later that year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jordan Cox included in England Test squad for New Zealand tour |url=https://essexcricket.org.uk/2024/10/29/jordan-cox-included-in-england-test-squad-for-new-zealand-tour/ |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=essexcricket.org.uk}}</ref> However, injury meant he was unable to feature in any of the three matches.<ref>{{Cite news |title=England in New Zealand: Jordan Cox ruled out of New Zealand Test series with fractured thumb |url=https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/13259705/england-in-new-zealand-jordan-cox-ruled-out-of-new-zealand-test-series-with-fractured-thumb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124072651/https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/13259705/england-in-new-zealand-jordan-cox-ruled-out-of-new-zealand-test-series-with-fractured-thumb |archive-date=24 November 2024 |access-date=26 February 2025 |work=Sky Sports |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In May 2025 Cox was named in the England Men's Lions’ [https://essexcricket.org.uk/2025/05/21/jordan-cox-called-up-to-england-mens-lions-squad/#:~:text=Jordan%20Cox%20has%20been%20named,upcoming%20matches%20against%20India%20A. 15-player squad] for the series against India A. However, he was ruled out due to Injury.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jordan Cox included in England Men's Lions Squad |url=https://essexcricket.org.uk/2025/05/21/jordan-cox-called-up-to-england-mens-lions-squad/#:~:text=Jordan%20Cox%20has%20been%20named,upcoming%20matches%20against%20India%20A. |website=Essex County}}</ref>

Cox made his Test debut in June 2026 during the [[New Zealand cricket team in England in 2026|2nd Test]] against [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]], making 27 and 25 batting at seven.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC Sport scorecard |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-229342 |website=BBC Sport}}</ref>

On 20 August 2026, Cox hit his maiden Test half century against [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 2026|Pakistan]] off 78 balls during the first Test.

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