In Jamaica, the young Gordon is working on gaining strength and experience to go with the strong technical skills he’s developed over the past few years living in Edmonton as he’s played and trained mostly with older players.īack home this summer, the teenaged Gordon continues to train almost every day. We only have under-19 … I told him, ‘Ìf you really want to play and you really want to be a part of Jamaica`s team, you have to attend school there and start from the lowest level.’” “Here in Canada, unfortunately, we don't have an under-15 program. If you want to be a cricketer, you`ve got to start from a young age,” said Gordon Sr., who played for Jamaica’s senior national team in 2005 and later moved to Canada, for whom he started playing in 2010 and competed in the sport’s World Cup in 2011. “Growing up, I tried to teach him that you`ve got to decide what you want to be in life. After all, he once played internationally for both Jamaica and Canada. The senior Gordon says “it’s really hard” having his son far from home but understands the commitment it takes to pursue playing the sport at a high level. All in all, to see him growing into the man he wants to become, trying to achieve and take a step forward, it`s great to see that it`s working out and moving forward.” “When the game goes live on YouTube, watching him … it`s breathtaking,” said Tyson Gordon Sr. When his family gets to watch him play from a distance online - Edmonton is about 5,000 kilometres from the Caribbean country - emotions run strong for his father. left home in January to pursue playing and training in Jamaica, where the 14-year-old is a member of the country’s Under-15 cricket team. Like father, like son: a passion for the sport of cricket runs deep in one Edmonton family.Īnd it's deep enough that Tyson Gordon Jr.
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