Get the lowdown on Brydon Carse, the quick who can do no wrong at the moment.

England Lions’ landmark nine-wicket victory over Australia A on Tuesday was strung together by a first-innings total of 428 and an impressive display from the seamers. While Ollie Robinson and Craig Overton shared 13 wickets in the match between each other, right-arm fast bowler Brydon Carse also weighed in with figures of 3-50 in Australia A’s first innings, nabbing the key wicket of Kurtis Patterson, a batsman with a Test hundred to his name, for just 11.

So… what’s his story?

Carse is currently on his first Lions tour, having been rewarded for a fine season with Durham. The 24-year-old was born in South Africa and played a T20 for Eastern Province after making his way to the North East to play club cricket for Burnmoor in 2014.

With an ancestry visa in tow, he then signed a developmental contract for Durham in 2016, the same year he made his first-class bow. His debut campaign resulted in 17 first-class wickets from nine matches at an average of 35.70, and he was consequently rewarded with a new two-year deal.

England Lions come calling for Brydon Carse

Having served the qualification period to represent England over the course of his time at Durham, Carse was subsequently named in the Lions’ white-ball squad for the tour of Australia and after four wickets in two matches against Cricket Australia XI, he was called up as cover to the red-ball squad for Saqib Mahmood, who was drafted into England’s T20I squad for their series with South Africa. His first-class bow for the side proved to be a historic occasion.