Neil Carson (born 25 January 1973
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er. He was a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler. His career playing for

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got off to an excellent start in 1998 with a half-century against

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/ref> and he went on to represent his country on 22 occasions, including two first-classFirst-class matches played by Neil Carson at Cricket Archive
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/ref> He also represented Northern Ireland in the cricket tournament at the

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, a tournament which consisted of his first three List A matches.

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