Leo Carter

Leo Carter

Personal information
Full name	Leo James Carter
Born	(1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 30) Wellington, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm spin
Role	Batter
Relations	Bob Carter (father)
Domestic team information
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
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 61 56 66 Runs scored 2,817 1,363 999 Batting average 29.96 33.24 22.70 100s/50s 3/14 2/10 0/4 Top score 226* 107 88* Catches/stumpings 64/– 20/– 28/–
Source: CricInfo, 25 December 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

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

1. "Leo Carter". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
2. Seconi A (2024) Volts stick with proven players, Otago Daily Times, 19 July 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
3. O’Donnell and Carter headline men’s domestic contract movements, New Zealand Cricket, 18 July 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
4. Longley G (2015) Canterbury lose Leo Carter after opener sign English deal, Stuff, 31 March 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
5. Leo Carter, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. (subscription required)
6. Leo Carter bids farewell to Canterbury Cricket after decade of service, Canterbury Cricket, 12 July 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
7. "Super Smash: Leo Carter smashes 6 sixes in an over as Kings stun Knights". Stuff. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
8. "Leo Carter clatters six sixes in an over in New Zealand domestic game". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
9. "Leo Carter's year: Six sixes now a double century for Canterbury". Star News. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
10. "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
11. "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
12. "Captain Carter". Canterbury Cricket. Retrieved 28 November 2020.

External links

• Leo Carter at ESPNcricinfo