Alistar Jordan

(1949-) 

National

1968 - 1969 - New Zealand Under 23 team

1973 - New Zealand team

1968 -1980 Central Districts Representative

Played 55 first class matches

157 wickets

Best performance 7 - 82

Six wickets in an innings three times

Named in NZ Team of the Century marking 100 years of Hawke Cup Cricket

Regional

1965 -1992 Taranaki Representative

375 wickets in 104 games

Best bowling performance 9 - 103

Highest score 77

Won Parkinson Trophy for most wickets in a season seven times

2001 - 2010 Taranaki Men's Selector and Coach

Taranaki Cricket Association Life Member 

1977 -1990 Junior Age Group Coach

1997 - 2001 NPBHS 1st XI Coach 

Alistar Jordan made his Taranaki debut as a 16-year-old still at New Plymouth Boys’ High School.  A gritty and competitive fast bowler played 104 games for Taranaki – taking 375 wickets at an average of 17.18. He took 10 wickets or more in a match six times and claimed 27 five wicket bags. His best figures for an innings were 9-103 against Hutt Valley in 1972 and his best match figures were 14-89 against Franklin. Both games were Hawke Cup defences. Jordan played 55 games for Central Districts from 1968 to 1980, taking 157 wickets with best figures of 7-82. He took six wickets in an innings three times and in 2010 was named in the Hawke Cup "Team of the Century". Jordan represented New Zealand at under-23 level in 1968-69 and played for New Zealand in 1973. He retired from playing in 1992 and was selector-coach for the Taranaki senior A team from 2001 to 2010. He is a life member of the Taranaki Cricket Association and the New Plymouth Old Boys’ club. He is also a life member of the Central Districts Cricket Association. Commenting on Jordan's life memership in 2023​​​​​​​ Central Districts CEO Lance Hamilton said there could be no individual who had given more of his time for the advancement of Taranaki Cricket and its players over the past 50 years.

"Ali was not only a terrific pace bowler in his day, but has given his time, heart, soul and knowledge to hundreds of Taranaki cricketers in the years since. Ali has totally embraced and embodied what it means to be a cricketer from Taranaki Cricket, and advanced not only his District's cricket history, but Central Districts cricket history through his many performances for the Stags, and beyond."