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Neil Carter

Born: 29/01/75, Cape Town, South Africa

Nickname: Carts

What’s your first cricket related memory? Going down to watch my dad play at his local work place when I was about seven years old

Who was your cricketing hero growing up? Stephen Jefferies

Can you sum up your game in just three words? Aggressive, entertaining, enjoyable

What’s your favourite form of the game? Probably Twenty20. It suits my style of play

If you could meet one famous historical figure, who would it be? Nelson Mandela

What’s the funniest thing you’ve ever seen on a cricket pitch? Charl Langeveldt finally realising his two false front teeth were stuck in his helmet grille after having spent ages looking for them on the pitch!

Who’s the biggest joker in the squad? I’d say Rikki Clarke. He’s always scheming about something or trying to set one of the youngsters up

If you had to marry one of your Warwickshire team mates, who would it be? It would probably be Jonathan Trott. I’ve known him a long time now and we've not killed each other yet!

How do you spend your time away from cricket? If I'm near a computer I can happily waste a few hours on the Cricinfo website, but I'm really a big outdoors man so I tend to spend a lot of my spare time mountain biking or swimming. I'm also quite interested in the stock market and try to keep up-to-date with that when I can