Leo Carter
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| Full name | Leo James Carter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 December 1994 Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Bob Carter (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014/15–2023/24 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024/25 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 9 March 2015 Canterbury v Northern Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 30 December 2014 Canterbury v Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 August 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leo James Carter (born 10 December 1994) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Otago.[1] He is the son of former Canterbury and Northamptonshire batsman, and former New Zealand women's national cricket team coach, Bob Carter.
Carter played for Canterbury for ten seasons, scoring 2,686 first-class runs, 1,238 List A runs and 999 Twenty20 runs, leaving the province as the team's eighth highest Twenty20 run scorer.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Carter was born at Wellington in 1994 and educated at St Andrew's College, Christchurch and Lincoln University. He played age-group cricket for Canterbury and made his debut for the New Zealand under-19 side in April 2013 before going on to be part of New Zealand's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his senior provincial debut at the end of 2014. He spent the 2015 off-season on a cricket scholarship in the United Kingdom, playing Second XI cricket for Northamptonshire and Surrey County Cricket Clubs,[4] before establishing himself as a key member of the Cantrbury side.[5][6]
Described as an "elegant" left-handed batter who was one of Canterbury's "most reliable and consistent performers",[6] Carter became the first New Zealander to hit six sixes in one over. He achieved this in a January 2020 Super Smach match between against Northern Districts off of the bowling of Anton Devcich, becoming the fourth batsman to his six sixes from an over in Twenty20 cricket.[7][8]
In February 2020, in a match against Wellington in the 2019–20 Plunket Shield season, Carter scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket, finishing with an unbeaten 226.[9] In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Canterbury ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season,[10][11] and in November 2020, he was named as the captain of Canterbury ahead of their 2020–21 Ford Trophy campaign.[12]
Carter announced that he would leave Canterbury in July 2024. He joined Otago later the same month.[2][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Leo Carter". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ a b Seconi A (2024) Volts stick with proven players, Otago Daily Times, 19 July 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ O’Donnell and Carter headline men’s domestic contract movements, New Zealand Cricket, 18 July 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Longley G (2015) Canterbury lose Leo Carter after opener sign English deal, Stuff, 31 March 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ Leo Carter, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Leo Carter bids farewell to Canterbury Cricket after decade of service, Canterbury Cricket, 12 July 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "Super Smash: Leo Carter smashes 6 sixes in an over as Kings stun Knights". Stuff. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Leo Carter clatters six sixes in an over in New Zealand domestic game". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Leo Carter's year: Six sixes now a double century for Canterbury". Star News. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Captain Carter". Canterbury Cricket. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
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