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Kirstie Gordon Age, Stats, 300 Wickets and Record 5-12

Kirstie Gordon is a Scotland slow left-arm orthodox bowler and The Blaze captain who returned to Scotland duty in 2026 after previously playing for England. Born in Huntly on 20 October 1997, she was 28 on 20 August 2026. Gordon passed 300 senior wickets before her international return, owns the Charlotte Edwards Cup's reported best figures of 5/12, and marked her first Scotland appearance in eight years with 3/16 in the country's first Women's T20 World Cup win. MI London also selected her for The Hundred in 2026 at the competition's published £55,000 price.

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Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox bowlerBorn 20 October 1997

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Full nameKirstie Louise Gordon

Age28As of 20 August 2026

Date of birth20 October 1997Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Batting styleRight-handed

Bowling styleSlow left-arm orthodox

Career overview

Kirstie Gordon cricket career

Born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on 20 October 1997; age 28 on 20 August 2026.

Right-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler.

Current international team: Scotland; previous senior international team: England.

Current domestic captain: The Blaze; 2026 Hundred team: MI London.

Passed 300 senior wickets across formats before returning to Scotland duty.

Took 3/16 against Ireland and 2/30 against England at the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup.

Career story

Kirstie Gordon career and playing journey

Who is Kirstie Gordon?

Kirstie Louise Gordon is a Scottish cricketer from Huntly, Aberdeenshire. She bats right-handed and bowls slow left-arm orthodox, with bowling as her specialist role. Her senior career has crossed international and domestic systems: she first represented Scotland, later played a Test and five T20 internationals for England, and returned to Scotland selection for the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup. At county level she captains The Blaze, while MI London selected her for the 2026 Hundred.

Those teams belong to one continuous career, but their statistics have different boundaries. Gordon's England appearances remain part of her permanent international record even after her Scotland return. The Blaze figures describe domestic cricket, and MI London membership covers a specific Hundred season. Keeping those scopes separate makes the page useful to readers trying to understand why the same player appears under two countries and several domestic teams.

Kirstie Gordon's Scotland beginnings

Cricket Scotland says Gordon made her Scotland debut at 14 and earned 60 caps between 2012 and 2017. Her early international pathway included global qualifying events, including the 2015 qualifier in Thailand. The 2018 ICC tournament guide also records that she represented Scotland at the 2016/17 Women's World Cup Qualifier in Sri Lanka, where she led Scotland's wicket tally with eight dismissals in four matches.

That first Scotland chapter came before women's T20 internationals gained their later universal status, so not every early appearance belongs in a modern WT20I total. A cap count, a qualifying-tournament record and a format-classified statistics row therefore answer different questions. Gordon's 60 Scotland caps establish the breadth of the early career, while individual match and tournament figures need their own competition scope.

Why did Kirstie Gordon play for England?

Gordon moved to Loughborough for university and pursued the stronger professional opportunities available in the English domestic structure. In the ICC's 2018 account, she explained that playing in the Women's Cricket Super League required her to give up Scotland eligibility at that time. She then earned a place for Loughborough Lightning and finished the 2018 Super League as its leading wicket-taker with 17 wickets from 11 matches at an economy rate of 6.05.

The decision was a sporting eligibility choice, not a change to her birthplace or personal history. Strong domestic form led to an England training opportunity and selection for the 2018 Women's World T20. The sequence matters: Scotland development came first, the Loughborough move created an English professional pathway, and her performance in that pathway supported England selection.

England debut: 3/16 against Bangladesh

Gordon made her England T20 international debut against Bangladesh in Saint Lucia during the 2018 Women's World T20. She took 3/16 and received the Player of the Match award. The ECB's match video and ICC's contemporary report both preserve the figures and debut context, making this more than a later biographical summary.

The return became the best bowling entry in her five-match England WT20I row at the 17 October 2023 statistics cutoff. It should not be added a second time to the eight wickets shown for that row. The match award records the impact of one debut performance; it does not imply that she held a permanent place in England's side after the tournament.

2018 Women's World T20 impact

Gordon finished the 2018 Women's World T20 with eight wickets, the joint-highest tournament figure among the specialist spinners named in the ICC Team of the Tournament. ICC's England report card also identified her as England's leading wicket-taker as the team reached the final. Her semi-final contribution included two wickets against India before Australia won the title match.

Eight tournament wickets and eight career England T20I wickets are equal because all five of her England T20 internationals occurred in that event by the dated record. They are not two separate totals. The Team of the Tournament is a selection based on that edition, while reaching the final is a team result; neither should be rewritten as a later ranking or career-long award.

Kirstie Gordon's England Test appearance

Gordon also played one Women's Test for England in the 2019 Ashes at Taunton. The dated career table records 220 balls bowled, three wickets, best innings figures of 2/50 and a bowling average of 39.66. She did not record a published batting run in that row. This was her only Test appearance in the stored snapshot.

A Test is part of first-class cricket, so its wickets also sit inside any broader first-class aggregate. The one-match Test row is kept separately because readers often want the exact senior international record. It should not be combined with her domestic List A or T20 statistics, which use different ball lengths, competitions and classification rules.

Return to Scotland in 2025-26

Cricket Scotland announced in December 2025 that Gordon had committed her international future to Scotland, more than eight years after her previous appearance in blue. The announcement said she was rehabilitating a back injury and aimed to be ready for the 2026 domestic season before becoming available for future Scotland squads. It also confirmed that the decision was intended as a longer-term return rather than a one-event arrangement.

Availability in December did not itself prove match participation. That changed when Scotland selected Gordon for the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup and official score reports recorded her on the field. Her current country field is therefore Scotland, while the earlier England career remains clearly labelled as history instead of being erased or presented as current.

Three wickets in an over against Ireland

Gordon's first Scotland match in eight years came against Ireland at Old Trafford on 13 June 2026. Scotland made 161/5, then dismissed Ireland for 121 to win by 40 runs—the country's first victory at a Women's T20 World Cup. Gordon took 3/16, removing Rebecca Stokell, Leah Paul and Alice Tector in the space of four deliveries during one over.

The three-wicket burst reduced Ireland to 70/6 and put the chase beyond recovery, according to the ICC match release. This 3/16 belongs to Gordon's renewed Scotland record, not her earlier England WT20I row dated 2023. The identical figures to her England debut are an unusual career symmetry: 3/16 on England debut in 2018 and 3/16 on her Scotland return in 2026.

Facing England at the 2026 World Cup

A week after the Ireland win, Gordon opened the bowling for Scotland against her former international side at Headingley. England reached 200/5, with Gordon taking 2/30. She also scored 23 in Scotland's 162/7 reply and shared a 47-run seventh-wicket partnership with Pippa Sproul before England completed a 38-run win.

The result gives useful context to the bowling figures: 2/30 was a meaningful return in a 200-run innings, but Scotland did not win the match. It also demonstrates why role labels should not erase lower-order contributions. Gordon remains a specialist bowler, yet an innings of 23 and a substantial partnership can still matter in a specific chase without turning her into a batting all-rounder.

The Blaze captaincy and three-year contract

The Blaze named Gordon captain after the team moved to Trent Bridge in the winter of 2022. In June 2024, Nottinghamshire announced that she had signed a three-year contract and was the first player to commit to The Blaze ahead of the revised women's domestic structure. By that point she had led the side to the finals of both the Charlotte Edwards Cup and Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy in its first season.

A contract announcement confirms the term and team relationship at the time it was published; it does not guarantee selection in every match. Captaincy adds tactical and leadership responsibility, while performances remain scorecard-specific. The current 2026 player page continues to list Gordon with The Blaze and records her exact role, birth details and debut dates for the club.

The record 5/12 and 300-wicket milestone

Nottinghamshire reported that Gordon's 5/12 against Thunder in 2024 was the best bowling performance in Charlotte Edwards Cup history. During the same strong May she took 17 wickets at an average of 10.80 and scored 108 runs, earning the PCA Women's Player of the Month award. Those figures describe a bounded month and competition period rather than her complete season.

The club also said her first 32 games for The Blaze produced 45 wickets and took her beyond 300 career wickets across formats. The 300-plus figure is a combined milestone. It should not be added to the format totals shown in the table because those matches and wickets overlap. The 5/12 is likewise already part of the appropriate domestic T20 aggregate.

Useful runs for The Blaze in 2026

Gordon's value to The Blaze has also included lower-order batting. Against Essex on 27 April 2026, she made 47 not out and shared an unbroken 111-run eighth-wicket partnership with Orla Prendergast as The Blaze chased 214 for a three-wicket win. The innings supported Prendergast's unbeaten 69 and prevented a collapse from 61/5.

In May, Gordon made an unbeaten 60 against Durham, reaching fifty from 69 balls with three fours as The Blaze moved beyond 200. These are separate match innings, not a new career total. They show why a specialist bowler's batting can still influence results, especially when captaining a side through difficult chase or recovery situations.

Career statistics at the dated cutoff

The stored career table is dated 17 October 2023. At that cutoff, Gordon had played one Women's Test and five Women's T20 internationals for England. The table also recorded 78 Women's List A matches with 128 wickets at 17.37 and best figures of 5/18, plus 115 women's T20 matches with 138 wickets at 16.53 and best figures of 4/17.

Those domestic totals predate her 2024 record 5/12, subsequent Blaze seasons and 2026 Scotland return. They remain useful as a clearly dated baseline, but they are not described as live career totals. The newer official reports on this page add particular achievements and match performances without silently pretending that the older aggregate has already been fully reconciled.

How to read Gordon's bowling numbers

Matches and wickets measure volume, while average, economy and strike rate answer different questions. Gordon's dated England WT20I row shows eight wickets at 12.25 with best figures of 3/16. Her 2023 domestic snapshot covers much more cricket, so its 128 List A wickets and 138 T20 wickets should not be compared with the international row as though every competition used the same opponents or conditions.

Women's Tests sit within first-class cricket, and women's T20 internationals sit within the wider T20 classification. Adding narrower and broader rows double-counts the same performances. Similarly, 5/12 is a single-innings best, 17 wickets is a one-month tally, 45 wickets is a Blaze-team subtotal, and 300-plus is a cross-format career milestone. Each figure is accurate only inside its stated scope.

MI London selection for The Hundred 2026

The Hundred's official 2026 player tracker lists Gordon in the MI London women's squad at £55,000. The named player page links her exact identity and supplies the current-team portrait used here. Her pre-auction registered value was £27,500, so the final £55,000 squad price must not be confused with the reserve figure in the earlier player document.

A published auction price describes one competition transaction. It is not an audited annual salary, take-home pay, endorsement income, total career earnings or net worth. Squad membership also does not prove an appearance in every Hundred match. Results and individual figures require the corresponding scorecards, while the team association remains valid for the named 2026 season.

What makes Gordon's international path unusual?

Gordon's career joins two distinct international chapters. She developed through Scotland, stepped away from Scottish eligibility to pursue an English professional route, became England's leading wicket-taker at a global tournament, and later committed herself to Scotland again. Her 2026 return then produced a three-wicket over in Scotland's first Women's T20 World Cup victory.

The value of that story is in the documented sequence rather than a vague claim of uniqueness. Eligibility rules, domestic opportunity and selection timing shaped each move. The page therefore names dates, tournaments and teams instead of implying that Gordon simultaneously represented both countries or that her England record transferred into Scotland's current totals.

Current status and record boundaries

As checked on 20 August 2026, Gordon is a current Scotland international, The Blaze captain and a member of MI London's 2026 Hundred squad. Her Scotland status is supported by the World Cup squad and match reports; her Blaze role is supported by the club's 2026 player page and reports; and the Hundred team relationship comes from the competition's own roster.

The career table is older than those current-team sources, so readers should use it as a 17 October 2023 snapshot. Later match claims are dated individually. This approach avoids two common errors: presenting an old aggregate as live and adding selected later performances to an incomplete total. A future full statistical refresh should replace the aggregate only after every format and country boundary reconciles.

Kirstie Gordon records

Kirstie Gordon career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

WTest (Wikipedia, 17 October 2023)1matches

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 3
Best bowling: 2/50
Average: 39.66
Balls: 220
Catches / stumpings: 0 catches; stumpings not listed
5w / 10w: 0 five-wicket hauls; ten-wicket hauls not listed

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

WT20I (Wikipedia, 17 October 2023)5matches

Batting

Runs: 1
High score: 1*
100s / 50s: 0/0

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 8
Best bowling: 3/16
Average: 12.25
Balls: 114
Catches / stumpings: 0 catches; stumpings not listed
5w / 10w: 0 five-wicket hauls; ten-wicket hauls not listed

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

WLA (Wikipedia, 17 October 2023)78matches

Batting

Runs: 483
High score: 60*
Average: 12.38
100s / 50s: 0/1

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 128
Best bowling: 5/18
Average: 17.37
Balls: 4,205
Catches / stumpings: 28 catches; stumpings not listed
5w / 10w: 2 five-wicket hauls; ten-wicket hauls not listed

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

WT20 (Wikipedia, 17 October 2023)115matches

Batting

Runs: 307
High score: 29
Average: 8.52
100s / 50s: 0/0

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 138
Best bowling: 4/17
Average: 16.53
Balls: 2,419
Catches / stumpings: 34 catches; stumpings not listed
5w / 10w: 0 five-wicket hauls; ten-wicket hauls not listed

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

Career chronology

Debut and last listed match

International career

Debut

Debut and milestone chronology described in the sourced article

Last listed match

Statistics table dated 17 October 2023

The Hundred

Debut

Official 2026 squad at £55,000

Last listed match

Membership checked 12 August 2026

Career achievements

Career achievements and milestones

Returned to Scotland after committing her international future to the country in December 2025.
Took three wickets in one over and finished with 3/16 in Scotland's first Women's T20 World Cup victory.
Was England's leading wicket-taker at the 2018 Women's World T20 with eight wickets and made the ICC Team of the Tournament.
Recorded 5/12 for The Blaze, reported by the club as the best figures in Charlotte Edwards Cup history.
Passed 300 senior wickets across formats and signed a three-year contract with The Blaze.
Selected by MI London for £55,000 in The Hundred's official 2026 player list.

Reader questions

Kirstie Gordon FAQ

How old is Kirstie Gordon?

Kirstie Gordon was born on 20 October 1997 and was 28 years old on 20 August 2026.

Which country does Kirstie Gordon play for now?

Kirstie Gordon plays for Scotland. She committed her international future to Scotland in December 2025 and appeared at the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup after previously representing England.

Did Kirstie Gordon play for England?

Yes. Gordon played five T20 internationals for England at the 2018 Women's World T20 and one Women's Test in 2019. She took eight wickets at the 2018 tournament and made the ICC Team of the Tournament.

What are Kirstie Gordon's best-known bowling figures?

Gordon took 5/12 for The Blaze in 2024, reported by Nottinghamshire as the best figures in Charlotte Edwards Cup history. She also took 3/16 on both her England T20I debut in 2018 and her Scotland return in 2026.

How many career wickets does Kirstie Gordon have?

The Blaze reported in June 2024 that Gordon had passed 300 senior wickets across formats. The detailed table on this page is an older 17 October 2023 snapshot, so it should not be treated as a current all-format total.

Which teams does Kirstie Gordon play for in 2026?

Gordon is a Scotland international and The Blaze captain. The Hundred's official 2026 list also selected her for MI London at a published price of £55,000; squad selection does not by itself prove every match appearance.

Conclusion

Kirstie Gordon's career is best understood as a Scottish development story with an England international chapter and a documented return home. Her 3/16 on England debut, eight wickets at the 2018 World T20, record 5/12 for The Blaze and three-wicket over on her 2026 Scotland return show impact across different stages without merging their statistical boundaries.

As of 20 August 2026, Gordon represents Scotland, captains The Blaze and is part of MI London's Hundred squad. The aggregate table remains dated 17 October 2023, while newer official match reports supply the current milestones.