Eden_Carson

Eden Carson

Eden Carson

New Zealand cricketer

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 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]

References

  1. [1]
    "Player Profile: Eden Carson". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Player Profile: Eden Carson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Wellington Women v Otago Women, 17 November 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "Central Districts Women v Otago Women, 2 January 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "Auckland Women v Otago Women, 8 December 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "Otago Women v Wellington Women, 27 February 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "Records/New Zealand Cricket Women's One Day Competition, 2021/22/Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "Records/New Zealand Cricket Women's Twenty20 Competition, 2021/22/Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "Surprise White Ferns contract for Carson". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "'Shocked and started crying': Eden Carson savours surprise White Ferns contract". Stuff. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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    "Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze earn maiden New Zealand call-ups for Commonwealth Games". ESPNcricinfo. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  12. [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. [13]
    "Eden Carson stars on ODI debut as New Zealand spinners dominate". ESPNcricinfo. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  14. [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. [15]
    "Carson headlines inaugural Aotearoa Māori Women's squad". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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