Eden Carson

New Zealand cricketer

Eden Carson

Personal information

Full name

Eden Jean Carson

Born

(2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 22)
Dunedin, New Zealand

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Right-arm off break

Role

Bowler

International information

National side

New Zealand

ODI debut (cap 145)

22 September 2022 v West Indies

Last ODI

2 July 2023 v Sri Lanka

T20I debut (cap 58)

30 July 2022 v South Africa

Last T20I

12 July 2023 v Sri Lanka

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2018/19–present

Otago

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
Commonwealth Games
	2022 Birmingham	Team

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

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

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