Brydon Carse hoping to be Liam Plunkett’s middle-overs heir for England

06/21/2022

The 26-year-old produced an eye-catching spell against the Netherlands

Brydon Carse agreed he could be Liam Plunkett’s heir apparent as he targets a role as England’s middle-overs enforcer following an eye-catching spell against the Netherlands.

Figures of 7-0-36-1 for Carse in England’s six-wicket victory on Sunday, which moved them into an unassailable 2-0 one-day international series lead in Amstelveen, seemed scant reward for the paceman.

Operating at around 90mph and extracting sharp bounce, Carse has an action reminiscent of Plunkett, so instrumental in England’s white-ball revolution and an unsung hero in their 2019 World Cup triumph.

Since quietly moving on from Plunkett after that, England have lacked a seamer who can keep opposition batters in check after the new ball bowlers but Carse is hopeful he can fill the vacancy.

“That’s something I am striving to be like,” said the 26-year-old, a product of Durham’s academy like Plunkett, who left for Yorkshire just as Carse was joining the north-east club.

While representing England in all three formats is on his agenda, the South Africa-born Carse seemed to play down the chances of potentially joining Durham team-mate Matthew Potts in the Test line-up this summer, indicating he is happy to spend the next couple of months featuring in white-ball cricket.

“It’s something definitely in the back of my mind,” added Carse. “I want to play red and white-ball cricket, and I want to play Test cricket for England.

Obviously (Plunkett) had a very good England career and if I can fulfil that role going forward it’s a big positive.

“I did play a couple of championship games for Durham. But I think all this white-ball cricket happening in the summer now is not a bad thing for me.

“I can look to target the back end of the year to play four-day cricket and get some games under my belt. There’s a massive winter for England in red and white-ball.”

Carse made his England debut under Durham team-mate Ben Stokes, who took charge for the Pakistan ODI series last July, and describes the now Test captain as a “great leader and a great character”.

Carse also had warm words for Eoin Morgan, who registered a second successive duck against the Netherlands, with England’s limited-overs skipper undergoing a drought in form in ODIs and T20s.

Brydon Carse hoping to be Liam Plunkett’s middle-overs heir for England

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