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Mark Butcher: England bowler Brydon Carse falls into a familiar trap

Mark Butcher believes England’s cricketers must recognise the scrutiny that comes with life in the spotlight, while also assessing the side’s impressive pace-bowling options.

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Less than 48 hours after Joe Root’s side wrapped up a comprehensive win over Pakistan at Headingley and an England cricketer was again making headlines for the wrong reasons.
In isolation, there’s not really much to the story.
Brydon Carse isn’t facing any charges for the incident at a Derby nightclub (at the moment), and he wasn’t on England duty at the time having been released from the squad to play for Durham, but the sight of an England cricketer being handcuffed by a police officer, with Ben Stokes lurking in the background, led to more headlines that put the England cricket team in a...

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