England have added Durham quick bowler Brydon Carse to their World Cup squad to exchange Reece Topley.
Carse, 28, has taken 14 wickets in 12 one-day internationals, that includes most lately in opposition to Eire final month.
He impressed with 4 wickets in three T20s in opposition to New Zealand previous to the Eire collection.
“Brydon is an excellent all-round package deal,” batter Joe Root mentioned on Monday.
“He scores some helpful runs, is dynamic within the subject and he is acquired a novel wicket-taking capability. He is acquired that Stokes factor to him.
“He is an enormous character and an amazing character to have round, so he is addition.”
Topley was England’s main wicket-taker on the World Cup with eight wickets in three matches.
Carse was certainly one of a number of bowlers positioned on standby in case of harm earlier than the match however his call-up nonetheless leaves England with points to resolve of their assault.
He’s more likely to fly to India on Tuesday, which means he’s unlikely to be prepared for England’s subsequent recreation in opposition to Sri Lanka on Thursday.
Topley had taken the brand new ball in his three matches however Carse primarily bowls outdoors of the primary powerplay.
Chris Woakes began the match as England’s first-choice new-ball bowler however was dropped for the sport in opposition to the Proteas due to his poor kind.
After three defeats of their first 4 video games, defending champions England will doubtless must win all of their 5 of their remaining video games to qualify for the semi-finals.