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| Full name | Matthew Carter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 May 1996 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Andy Carter (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2021 | Lincolnshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2023 | Nottinghamshire (squad no. 20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Trent Rockets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 14 June 2015 Nottinghamshire v Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 27 May 2018 Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,30 September 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Matthew Carter (born 26 May 1996) is an English professional cricketer who spent nine seasons at Nottinghamshire and has also played for Trent Rockets.
Off-spin bowler Carter took figures of 10/195,including 7/56 in the first-innings,on his first-class cricket debut for Nottinghamshire against Somerset on a turning pitch in June 2015. [1]
"from a tall classical action with flight,bite and composure,Carter returned the best figures by a spin bowler on Championship debut since Leicestershire's Jack Walsh claimed 7 for 46 against Northamptonshire in 1938" [2]
He made his List A debut for Nottinghamshire in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup on 27 May 2018 [3] and his first Twenty20 appearance for the club in the 2018 t20 Blast on 17 August 2018. [4] He was drafted by Trent Rockets for the inaugural season of The Hundred. [5] In April 2022,he was bought by the Trent Rockets for the 2022 season of The Hundred. [6]
On 22 May 2024,Nottinghamshire announced that Carter,who has signed a new one-year contract at the end of the 2023 season,had left the club by mutual consent. [7]
Carter's older brother Andy played first-class cricket for several county sides including Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.