James Alexander Carse (born 13 December 1958) is a former Zimbabwean first class cricketer. He played Currie Cup cricket for Border, Western and Eastern Provinces in South Africa during the 1980s. He also played county cricket in England for
Northamptonshire
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in 1983.
He was an attacking right arm fast-medium bowler and lower order right-hand batsman.
While playing for Northamptonshire, he took 5/43 in an innings against
Glamorgan
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at Cardiff in August 1983.
His son,
Brydon Carse
Brydon Alexander Carse (born 31 July 1995) is an English cricketer who plays for Durham and England. Primarily a right-arm fast bowler, he also bats right handed. Born in South Africa, he is the son of Zimbabwean cricketer James Alexander Car ...
, currently plays for
England
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in international cricket after making his debut in July 2021.
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1958 births
Living people
Cricketers from Harare
Zimbabwean cricketers
Rhodesia cricketers
Griqualand West cricketers
Northamptonshire cricketers
Zimbabwean expatriate cricketers in England
Border cricketers
Eastern Province cricketers
Western Province cricketers
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