Topley out for the tournament after fracturing fingerJoe Root says Carse has ‘got that Ben Stokes element to him’
England have called Brydon Carse up to their World Cup squad in India, with Joe Root claiming the seamer could inherit Liam Plunkett’s mantle as master of the middle overs.
Struggling England lost their leading wicket-taker during Saturday’s record-breaking defeat by South Africa, when Reece Topley fractured his left index finger fielding off his own bowling.
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