Harrison Carlyon (born 23 January 2001) is a

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international cricketer. He is an

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, who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm

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. Carlyon is the first Jersey player to score a century in a

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Career

In October 2016 Carlyon was selected for Jersey's squad for the

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. He played in Jersey's first fixture of the tournament against

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. At the age of fifteen, he became the youngest player to represent Jersey in an international cricket match, breaking the previous record held by teammate

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. In the final match for Jersey in the Division Four tournament, the fifth-place playoff against

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, he played alongside his father and team manager, Tony Carlyon. Injuries in the Jersey team forced his father to play, becoming the first father and son to play together in an international match for Jersey. Carlyon was a member of Jersey's squad for the

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tournament in Malaysia. In August 2018, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier tournament in the Netherlands. In May 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the

2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup Guernsey cricket team hosted Jersey cricket team from 31 May to 1 June 2019 to contest the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup, consisted of three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The series took place at two grounds in Guernsey: College Field in ...

against

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. The same month, he was named in Jersey's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey. He made his

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(T20I) debut for Jersey against Guernsey on 1 June 2019. In July 2019, Carlyon captained Jersey's under-19 team for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification tournament. On 31 July 2019, in Jersey's nine wicket win against France, Carlyon scored 107 runs. In September 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the

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tournament in the United Arab Emirates. In November 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman. He made his

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debut, for Jersey against

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, on 2 December 2019. In October 2021, Carlyon was named in Jersey's T20I squad for the Regional Final of the

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tournament. In March 2023, he was named in Jersey's squad for the

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. He made his

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(ODI) debut on 27 March 2023, for Jersey against

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in that tournament. On 7 July 2024, Carlyon became the first Jersey player to score a century in a

when he made 110 off 57 balls against

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during the

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, Germany. Carlyon top scored for Jersey with 73 off 100 balls including seven 4s as they defeated Guernsey in the Inter-Insular Trophy one-day match on 7 September 2024. The performance earned him the player of the match award. Later that month he was named in Jersey's 14-player squad for the 2024 Cricket World Cup Challenge League A in Kenya. During the tournament Carlyon made two half-centuries, scoring 89 against

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and 59 against

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. He was included in the Jersey squad for the

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and was named player of the match in the islanders' win over Guernsey, scoring 63 off 50 balls, which included hitting one 6 and six 4s, and taking two wickets for eight runs from his four overs.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlyon, Harrison 2001 births Living people Jersey cricketers Jersey Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Jersey One Day International cricketers