{"id":760262,"date":"2026-09-05T00:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T00:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/760262\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T00:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T00:16:12","slug":"carse-left-out-in-cold-again-and-told-to-work-through-issues-after-derby-bar-incident-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/760262\/","title":{"rendered":"Carse left out in cold again and told to \u2018work through issues\u2019 after Derby bar incident | Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brydon Carse has been left out of England\u2019s white-ball squads to face Sri Lanka at the end of the season and told to \u201cwork through the issues\u201d that led to him being handcuffed by police outside a bar in Derby last month.<\/p>\n

Carse, 31, is being investigated by the Cricket Regulator regarding the late night incident in August<\/a> that prompted his removal from England\u2019s plans for the ongoing Test series against Pakistan. Derbyshire police are also looking into an alleged assault that night, albeit Carse\u2019s involvement is not currently known.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Carse is technically available for England selection but has been left out of the Twenty20s and one-day internationals against Sri Lanka that start in Southampton on 15 September. Henry Crocombe, the uncapped seamer who has claimed back-to-back hat-tricks for Sussex in the past week, has taken Carse\u2019s place in the ODI squad.<\/p>\n

An England spokesperson said: \u201cGiven recent events, we feel it is important for [Carse] to work through the issues that led to the Derby incident and take time for a proper reset. This decision does not prejudge the outcome of any investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though a close friend of the white-ball captain, Harry Brook, and centrally contracted, it would appear Carse has fallen foul of the England management at large as they attempt to change the image and culture of the men\u2019s national teams. Joe Root, the Test captain, had previously asked his players to be \u201crole models\u201d.<\/p>\n

Jacob Bethell will also miss the white-ball fixtures against Sri Lanka after recently undergoing surgery on the knee problem that has kept him out since mid-July. Bethell is not expected to be fit until the limited overs tour of Australia in November, with Derbyshire\u2019s Aneurin Donald now earning a maiden T20 call up.<\/p>\n

If selected, Donald would become the first Glamorgan product to play for England since Simon Jones during the 2005 Ashes, even if he has moved counties since. The 29-year-old struck 489 runs in this year\u2019s T20 Blast at a remarkable strike-rate of 230 and went on to shine in the Hundred for the runners-up, Trent Rockets.<\/p>\n

There is a third Test against Pakistan to complete first, however, with the tourists having now begun life under their new interim head coach, Mike Hesson. Sarfaraz Ahmed was stood down from the role<\/a> after going 2-0 down at Lord\u2019s last Sunday, while seven members of Pakistan\u2019s touring party were also dropped.<\/p>\n

As Pakistan\u2019s white-ball coach, Hesson had only flown to the UK to attend the Pakistan Cricket<\/a> Board\u2019s official reception with King Charles at Clarence House on Wednesday. \u201cIt\u2019s been pretty challenging,\u201d said the New Zealander. \u201cI was heading over to see the King and be part of a nice occasion. That got expedited.\u201d<\/p>\n

King Charles shakes Sajid Khan\u2019s hand during the Pakistan team\u2019s visit to Clarence House in London. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau\/Pool PA\/AP<\/p>\n

After holding one-on-one talks with the remaining squad members this week, and then drilling them at Edgbaston\u2019s indoor school due to rain, Hesson believes a fresh start has occurred. Of the seven players being flown in, three were still due to arrive in the UK on Friday.<\/p>\n

As for the departed, Hesson tried his best to explain.<\/p>\n

In essence, three of the seven dropped \u2013 Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammed Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha \u2013 were told their tour was over immediately after the defeat at Lord\u2019s. Hesson claims he was not privy to this decision by the high performance director, Aaqib Javed, nor was he able to share the precise reasons why.<\/p>\n

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England Men\u2019s T20 squad \u2013 16 players: Harry Brook (Yorkshire \u2013 captain), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Sonny Baker (Hampshire), Tom Banton (Somerset), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), James Coles (Sussex), Jordan Cox (Essex), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Aneurin Donald (Derbyshire), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Will Jacks (Surrey), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Jamie Overton (Surrey), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire)
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England Men\u2019s ODI squad \u2013 16 players: Harry Brook (Yorkshire \u2013 captain), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Tom Banton (Somerset), Sonny Baker (Hampshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Jordan Cox (Essex), Henry Crocombe (Sussex), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Ben Duckett\u00a0(Nottinghamshire), Will Jacks (Surrey), Jamie Overton (Surrey), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire)<\/p>\n

1st Vitality IT20: Tuesday 15 September, Utilita Bowl, Southampton, 6.30pm start
2nd Vitality IT20: Thursday 17 September, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 6.30pm start
3rd Vitality IT20: Saturday 19 September, Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, 2.30pm start
1st Metro Bank ODI: Tuesday 22 September, Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street, 12.30pm start
2nd Metro Bank ODI: Thursday 24 September, Headingley, Leeds, 12.30pm start
3rd Metro Bank ODI: Sunday 27 September, The Kia Oval, London, 10.30am start<\/p>\n

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But once asked to take over as Test coach, for Hesson it was then a case of assessing the team\u2019s remaining shortcomings and the blend needed in Birmingham, resulting in four further members of the tour party being swapped out. Ali Usman, for example, was sent home as a spinner is unlikely to be needed.<\/p>\n

Hesson said: \u201cI don\u2019t think anyone wants this to happen in the middle of a series, clearly not. From my perspective, it\u2019s about putting a balanced squad together so we actually have some variety in our attack. Pakistan is known for pace, unusual actions, mystery spin \u2013 we haven\u2019t really been able to present any of that.<\/p>\n

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Babar Azam* (c), Abdullah Fazal*, Abdullah Shafique, Arafat Minhas*, Azan Awais, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Ali, Muhammad Imran*, Mohammad Imran Jnr*, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk), Razaullah*, Saad Baig (wk)*, Saim Ayub*, Sajid Khan, Saud Shakeel, Shan Masood, Ubaid Shah<\/p>\n

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Hesson did not commit to the Pakistan Test role beyond next week\u2019s Third Test and, despite hitting out at what he claims were some erroneous news reports this past week, has looked to inject some calm into proceedings overall. \u201cThe guys are probably more used to a little bit of chaos than I am,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brydon Carse has been left out of England\u2019s white-ball squads to face Sri Lanka at the end of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":760263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-760262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}