Jonathan Lyndon Carter (born 16 November 1987) is a Barbadian

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er who currently plays for

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. He is a big-hitting left-handed

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right-arm medium pace. He made his international debut for the West Indies in January 2015. Carter first played for Barbados in 2007 in a List A match against West Indies Under-19s. He has represented West Indies A. He averages around 30 in first-class cricket currently. He made his

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debut for the West Indies against South Africa on 16 January 2015.

Career

Carter has appeared for West Indies A, Barbados and Barbados Tridents in the

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(CPL). In September 2013, he scored a century for West Indies A against India A. After a long wait, Carter finally got his first century in

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against Jamaica. In 2014, he scored his second List A hundred, this time for Barbados in the Regional Super 50, scoring 109. He later scored his second first-class ton against Jamaica. Carter was named in West Indies’ 15 man squad for the 2015 World Cup. Carter also jointly holds the record for taking the most catches by a substitute fielder in a T20I innings (2) along with

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, Johnson Charles and Chamu Chibhabha. In the 2017 CPL draft, Carter was selected by the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. In March 2017, Carter was named in the West Indies squad for the

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(T20I) series against Pakistan, but he did not play. Carter was the leading run-scorer in the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament, with 351 runs in eight matches. In May 2019,

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(CWI) named Carter as one of ten reserve players in the West Indies' squad for the

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. In October 2019, he was named as the captain of Barbados for the

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tournament. In July 2020, he was named in the Barbados Tridents squad for the

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. He was also named for the Philadelphians in the

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season in July 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Jonathan 1987 births Living people Barbadian cricketers West Indies One Day International cricketers Barbados cricketers Barbados Royals cricketers Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup St Kitts and Nevis Patriots cricketers Wicket-keepers