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.

Early life Carson was born on 8 August 2001 in Dunedin. She took her maiden Twenty20 five-wicket haul in 2020, taking 5/18 against Central Hinds. She scored her maiden half-century in 2019, scoring 51 not out against Auckland in the 2019–20 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield. 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. 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.

International career Carson was offered a "surprise" central contract by New Zealand Cricket in May 2022, one of six players to be offered their first such contract. She earned her first call-up to the New Zealand side in June 2022, being picked in the squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She made her Twenty20 International debut on 30 July 2022, against South Africa in New Zealand's first match at the Commonwealth Games. 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. 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.

In 2024, Carson was named in the New Zealand Māori women's cricket team for the 2024 Women's T20I Pacific Cup.

In September 2024 she was named in the New Zealand squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Carson was awarded player of the match in the final group game against Pakistan for her 2/7 and in the semi-final with the West Indies after taking 3/29.

Carson was named in the New Zealand squad for their ODI tour to India in October 2024.