The affable White Ferns spinner did not have a great ODI World Cup.
The 24-year-old Otago right-armer nabbed just two wickets for 200 runs at the tournament.
Her fortunes mirrored those of the team.
The White Ferns started with comprehensive losses to Australia and South Africa before posting a 100-run win against Bangladesh.
Their key games against Sri Lanka and Pakistan were ruined by poor weather, which left their semifinal prospects tethered to a flimsy mooring.
India cast them adrift with a 53-run win and they completed the tournament with a meek eight-wicket loss to England.
Carson, whose next joke is always just moments away, delivered a sober assessment of the campaign.
"I think everyone’s seen the results," she said.
"It’s not how we would have liked it to have gone, especially with it only coming around every four years, and it also being Sophie’s [Devine] last ODI campaign.
"We don’t go out there to lose games and we tried our best.
"Some things didn’t go our way, and then we didn’t perform on certain days."
"Honestly, my bowling was pretty poor, if I’m being honest. I wasn’t really happy with the way that I contributed with the ball.
"I have very high expectations of the way I want to perform. But, you know, sometimes it’s just not your day, or on some tours it’s just not going to happen for you.
"But yeah, pretty disappointed with my performances personally."
Carson had to find other ways to contribute. She is a good fielder with a rocket arm.
But she is also the kind of person who helps lift the mood in the camp and the White Ferns needed a lift after the two rain-off games.
"If I can’t contribute the way I wanted to with the ball, then, you know, finding a different way to do that.
"And that was off-field, trying to bring [a laugh].
"They were two important games for us, especially coming off two losses and a win, and then, having those two rain-out games, it kind of put us in a bit of a pickle.
"But the vibes, considering that, we’re still pretty good within the camp."
England and Australia have always been strong, but South Africa and India have emerged as major threats as well.
South Africa made the final and India went on to win the tournament.
"Aussie and England — I think everyone thought that that was going to be the final. And then seeing England get knocked out and then also Australia, it was a bit like, ‘oh, wow’.
"It just shows you that whoever shows up on the day is going to take it.
"And I think I also probably did have it in the back of my mind that if India did get through the semifinals, I thought that they would win."
The Otago Sparks’ quest for a third consecutive Hallyburton Johnstone Shield gets under way later this month.
They host Auckland in a repeat of the final.
Carson will miss the opening match while she recovers from a niggly elbow injury in her bowling arm.
It is a big loss. Carson shook off a chest cold to thump 59 from 43 balls in the final to help her side clinch victory in a last-ball thriller.
