Leo Carter

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Leo Carter
Personal information
Born (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 29)
Wellington, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight arm off-break
RoleBatter
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–presentCanterbury
First-class debut9 March 2015 Canterbury v Northern Districts
List A debut30 December 2015 Canterbury v Auckland
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 43 33 52
Runs scored 2,198 634 663
Batting average 33.30 27.56 18.41
100s/50s 3/12 0/5 0/2
Top score 226* 63* 70*
Catches/stumpings 41/0 9/0 17/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 September 2022

Leo Carter (born 10 December 1994) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Canterbury.[1] He is the son of former Canterbury and Northamptonshire batsman, and current White Ferns coach, Bob Carter.

Career[edit]

He was part of New Zealand's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Canterbury for the 2018–19 season.[2] On 5 January 2020, in the 2019–20 Super Smash match between Canterbury and Northern Districts, Carter hit six sixes in one over off the bowling of Anton Devcich.[3] He was the fourth batsman to do this in a Twenty20 match, and the first New Zealand cricketer.[4]

In February 2020, in the 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.[5] In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Canterbury ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season,[6][7] and in November 2020, he was named as the captain of Canterbury ahead of their 2020–21 Ford Trophy campaign.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Leo Carter". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Super Smash: Leo Carter smashes 6 sixes in an over as Kings stun Knights". Stuff. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Leo Carter clatters six sixes in an over in New Zealand domestic game". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Leo Carter's year: Six sixes now a double century for Canterbury". Star News. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Captain Carter". Canterbury Cricket. Retrieved 28 November 2020.

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