Chris Jordan

FULL NAME

Chris Jordan

TEAMS

MI Emirates

Jordan's value is clearest when the game is on the line. He has bowled the hardest overs in T20 cricket for England for more than a decade — the 18th, 19th and 20th — and his mix of yorkers, wide yorkers and slower balls is built for exactly that job. He is also one of the best boundary fielders in the game, which saves MI Emirates runs even on the days he does not take wickets.

• Role: Bowler
• Team: MI Emirates
• Batting: Right-handed
• Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
• Born: 4 October 1988, Barbados

In this squad he is the senior fast bowler. Fazalhaq Farooqi takes the new ball, Rashid Khan and Ghazanfar own the middle, and Jordan closes. That is a clean division of labour, and it lets Pooran plan the back end of an innings around one man he trusts completely.

Jordan has played for England in two T20 World Cup finals, won the 2022 T20 World Cup, and turned out for Surrey, Sussex, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and a string of franchise sides including in the ILT20, the BBL and the PSL. His T20I wicket tally is the highest of any England bowler, and his longevity is the point: fast bowlers who can still nail yorkers at 37 are rare.

He is also a useful lower-order hitter — a right-handed batter who has won games from No. 8 — so even if his four overs go for a few too many, he can win the game back with the bat. MI Emirates signed experience, and Jordan has more of it than almost anyone in the league.

Jordan owns the hardest overs in the game, the 18th, 19th and 20th, and he has bowled them for England for more than a decade.

England's most capped T20I bowler and a 2022 T20 World Cup winner, he brings yorkers, wide yorkers and slower balls to a side that already squeezes through spin. When the new ball has swung and the spinners have done their work, it is Jordan who has to close the innings, and that is the job he is in the squad to do.

Three league games to start the season for MI Emirates, then the run to the playoffs. The full list of every ILT20 fixture is on the ILT20 Schedule page.

• Match 1 — Desert Vipers vs MI Emirates: Saturday 21 November 2026, evening session, Dubai International Stadium, Dubai.
• Match 5 — Gulf Giants vs MI Emirates: Tuesday 24 November 2026, evening session, Dubai.
• Match 7 — Abu Dhabi Knight Riders vs MI Emirates: Thursday 26 November 2026, evening session, Abu Dhabi.

Qualifier 1 on Tuesday 16 December, the Eliminator on Wednesday 17 December, Qualifier 2 on Friday 18 December in Sharjah, and the final on Sunday 20 December in Dubai.

Follow every ILT20 result as it happens on SialTV, with the points table updated after every match day.