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
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
T20I shirt no.	4
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/–
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Women's Cricket T20 World Cup Winner 2024 UAE Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team
Source: CricketArchive, 11 December 2023

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]

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]