ngland quick bowler Brydon Carse is focusing on a spot within the Test workforce after his man-of-the-match show in Thursday night time’s first T20 towards New Zealand.

Carse claimed a formidable three for 23 on his T20 debut as England won by seven wickets with six overs to spare in Durham.

South African by delivery, Carse has been with Durham since 2014, and the 28-year-old was in rivalry for a Test debut early this summer time earlier than harm dominated him out.

That spot went to Josh Tongue, who's now injured himself, however a Test debut appears probably for Carse subsequent 12 months and he might get referred to as up as quickly because the tour of India, which begins in January.

“Over the last year I’ve had massive ambitions to play for England,” Carse stated. “I was unfortunate in the winter to pick up an injury and it’s always been my number one focus to try and play for England again.

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“With the amount of white-ball cricket in all the different leagues around the world at the moment, players have got a lot of opportunity to play a lot of cricket.

“I think it just comes down to what your ambition is, what you want to do as a cricketer. I’ve still got a lot of ambition to play red-ball cricket and to play Test cricket for England.”

Dawid Malan and Harry Brook shared a superb 54-run partnership to fireplace England to victory and strengthen their World Cup claims.

Malan endured a troublesome Hundred marketing campaign, whereas Brook was omitted of the provisional squad.

“He played brilliantly,” stated captain Jos Buttler of Brook. “He’s a class player. No one is saying they don’t rate him or he isn’t a superstar.

“We are really blessed with some top players, and that has been the case in white-ball cricket for some time now. He’s been a key part of the T20 side for the best part of a year, or a little bit more now, and he’s going to be a really key player for us in this format for the next 10 years.

“Dawid Malan is a class player and has been for a long period of time.”