Eden Carson

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Eden Carson
Personal information
Full name
Eden Jean Carson
Born (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 22)
Dunedin, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Role Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  145)22 September 2022 v  West Indies
Last ODI2 July 2023 v  Sri Lanka
T20I debut(cap  58)30 July 2022 v  South Africa
Last T20I12 July 2023 v  Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Women's Cricket
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team

Eden Jean Carson (born 8 August 2001) is a New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Otago and New Zealand. She plays as a right-arm off break bowler. [1] [2]

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Early life

Carson was born on 8 August 2001 in Dunedin. [2]

Domestic career

Carson made her debut for Otago in 2018, against Wellington in the 2018–19 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield. [3] She took her maiden Twenty20 five-wicket haul in 2020, taking 5/18 against Central Hinds. [4] She scored her maiden half-century in 2019, scoring 51 not out against Auckland in the 2019–20 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield. [5] She took her maiden List A five-wicket haul in 2022, taking 5/17 against Wellington in the final of the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield as her side won by 138 runs. [6] She took 31 wickets during the 2021–22 season, ending as the third-highest wicket-taker in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield and fourth-highest wicket-taker in the 2021–22 Super Smash. [7] [8]

International career

Carson was offered "surprise" central contract by New Zealand Cricket in May 2022, [9] one of six players to be offered their first such contract. [10] She earned her first call-up to the New Zealand side in June 2022, being picked in the squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [11] She made her Twenty20 International debut on 30 July 2022, against South Africa in New Zealand's first match at the Commonwealth Games. [12] She made her One Day International debut on 22 September 2022, against the West Indies, in which she took 3/31 from her 8 overs. [13] At the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, Carson was ever-present for New Zealand, taking six wickets at an average of 11.33. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile: Eden Carson". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Player Profile: Eden Carson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Wellington Women v Otago Women, 17 November 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Central Districts Women v Otago Women, 2 January 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Auckland Women v Otago Women, 8 December 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Otago Women v Wellington Women, 27 February 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Records/New Zealand Cricket Women's One Day Competition, 2021/22/Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Records/New Zealand Cricket Women's Twenty20 Competition, 2021/22/Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Surprise White Ferns contract for Carson". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "'Shocked and started crying': Eden Carson savours surprise White Ferns contract". Stuff. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze earn maiden New Zealand call-ups for Commonwealth Games". ESPNcricinfo. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "3rd Match, Group B, Birmingham, July 30 2022, Commonwealth Games Women's Cricket Competition: New Zealand Women v South Africa Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "Eden Carson stars on ODI debut as New Zealand spinners dominate". ESPNcricinfo. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  14. ↑ "Records/ICC Women's T20 World Cup, 2022/23 - New Zealand Women/Women's Twenty20 Internationals/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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