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Eden Carson

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]

Eden Carson
Personal information
Full name
Eden Jean Carson
Born (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 23)
Dunedin, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBowler
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
T20I shirt no.4
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018/19–presentOtago
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 1 8 38 45
Runs scored 0 – 267 60
Batting average – – 12.71 6.00
100s/50s 0/0 – 0/1 0/0
Top score 0* – 51* 17*
Balls bowled 48 150 1,396 838
Wickets 3 11 41 51
Bowling average 10.33 11.81 28.24 17.35
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/31 2/12 5/17 5/18
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 8/– 5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 December 2023
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's Cricket
T20 World Cup
Winner 2024 UAE
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Team

Early life

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

Domestic career

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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

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Carson was offered a "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]

In 2024, Carson was named in the New Zealand Māori women's cricket team for the 2024 Women's T20I Pacific Cup.[15]

In September 2024 she was named in the New Zealand squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[16] Carson was awarded player of the match in the final group game against Pakistan for her 2/7[17][18] and in the semi-final with the West Indies after taking 3/29.[19][18] She then took 1/22 from her four overs as New Zealand beat South Africa in the final.[20]

Carson was named in the New Zealand squad for their ODI tour to India in October 2024.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: Eden Carson". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "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.
  15. ^ "Carson headlines inaugural Aotearoa Māori Women's squad". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Devine and Bates set for ninth consecutive T20 World Cup". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  17. ^ "NZ knock Pakistan (and India) out; secure first T20 World Cup semi spot in eight years". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  18. ^ a b "Eden Carson is giggling herself into stardom one wicket at a time". cricket.com. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  19. ^ "New Zealand overcome Dottin's all-round brilliance for first T20 World Cup final since 2010". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Kerr, Halliday deliver World Cup glory on dream day for NZ cricket". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  21. ^ "Inglis earns maiden WHITE FERNS call-up - Down continues ODI return". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
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