Brydon Carse turned gambling ban into the wake-up call he needed
The TelegraphIt was starring in Test cricket that kept Brydon Carse going during the dark days of his three-month gambling ban. It has been a long road to the England Test side for Carse, who, aged 29, had feared his chance had gone when he was banned for three months this summer for historic betting offences. Carse placed 303 bets between 2017 and 2019, none of which were games he played in, and 13 months of the 16-month ban were suspended for two years, allowing his return to action. He has that action where he pauses in that delivery stride and really snaps at the crease so it makes him feel even quicker to the batters when they are facing it, so that’s exciting.” Carse went on the last Ashes tour as a Covid replacement and if he had not suffered torn knee ligaments during a training camp on the Gold Coast he would have been added to the squad.