Neil Miller Carter (born 29 January 1975), is a South African-born cricketer who has played international cricket for

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to ...

. He previously played county cricket for

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. He went to

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and played for Boland before moving to Warwickshire. Carter completed 1,000 first class runs for Warwickshire during the match against

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. He joined

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on a loan deal in 2008, and played in the Stanford Super Series. In 2010 he received the NatWest Professional Cricketers' Association Player of the Year Award. A pelvic injury hampered the early part of the 2011 season, but on his return to the first team, he took his best career figures of 6–30 vs Lancashire. Until mid season 2011, he had played in every 20/20 Warwickshire had played since the inception of the tournament. He was awarded a benefit season by Warwickshire in 2012 as a reward for 10 years of service. After the 2012 season, Carter agreed to join the Scotland cricket team. He qualified to play for Scotland due to gaining a British passport after residing in the United Kingdom while playing for Warwickshire.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Neil 1975 births Living people South African cricketers Warwickshire cricketers Middlesex cricketers Cricketers from Cape Town Matabeleland Tuskers cricketers Boland cricketers Cape Cobras cricketers Scotland Twenty20 International cricketers Scotland One Day International cricketers Scottish cricketers South African emigrants to the United Kingdom