Edward James Carpenter (born 10 September 1982) is an English

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er. Carpenter is a right-handed

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who bowls

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. He was born in

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, London and educated at

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. While studying for his degree at

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, Carpenter made his first-class debut for Durham UCCE against

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in 2004. He made two further first-class appearances in 2004, against

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and

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. In his three first-class matches, he failed to score any runs in four batting innings, With the ball, he took just a single wicket which came at an overall

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of 155.00.

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