Eden Carson
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| Full name | Eden Jean Carson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 August 2001 Dunedin, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 145) | 22 September 2022 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 26 October 2025 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 58) | 30 July 2022 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 26 March 2025 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018/19–present | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Source: CricketArchive, 25 November 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Carson was born on 8 August 2001 in Dunedin.[2]
Domestic career
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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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External links
[edit | edit source]- Eden Carson at ESPNcricinfo
- Eden Carson at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Cricketers from Dunedin
- New Zealand women cricketers
- New Zealand women One Day International cricketers
- New Zealand women Twenty20 International cricketers
- Otago Sparks cricketers
- Cricketers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in cricket
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games