Leo James Carter (born 10 December 1994) is a New Zealand

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er who plays for

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. He is the son of former Canterbury and

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batsman, and former

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coach, Bob Carter. Carter played for

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for ten seasons, scoring 2,686 first-class runs, 1,238

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runs and 999

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runs, leaving the province as the team's eighth highest Twenty20 run scorer.Seconi A (2024
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'', 19 July 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.O’Donnell and Carter headline men’s domestic contract movements

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, 18 July 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

Career

Carter was born at

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in 1994 and educated at

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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

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. 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

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s, before establishing himself as a key member of the Cantrbury side.Leo Carter
CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Leo Carter bids farewell to Canterbury Cricket after decade of service
Canterbury Cricket, 12 July 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024. Described as an "elegant" left-handed batter who was one of Canterbury's "most reliable and consistent performers", 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

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. In February 2020, in a match against

in the

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, Carter scored his maiden double century in

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, finishing with an unbeaten 226. In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Canterbury ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season, and in November 2020, he was named as the captain of Canterbury ahead of their 2020–21 Ford Trophy campaign. Carter announced that he would leave Canterbury in July 2024. He joined

later the same month.

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* 1994 births Living people New Zealand people of English descent New Zealand cricketers Canterbury cricketers Cricketers from Wellington City 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1990s-stub