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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Full name | Eden Jean Carson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 21) Dunedin, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only ODI (cap 145) | 22 September 2022 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 58) | 30 July 2022 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 2 August 2022 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018/19–present | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 22 September 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carson was born on 8 August 2001 in Dunedin.[2]
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]
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]
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