Carse tipped to follow in the footsteps of Stokes & Wood
of his Durham team-mates to represent the Three Lions.
“Brydon’s got to kick on and learn,” he said. “He went away with the Lions in the winter and he could even play a part in the three one-day internationals if things go well for him. There’s always room for improvement and he’s not the perfect specimen with his action yet.
“He’s got a lot of really good attributes and is in great shape at the moment. There are still things that we’re working on regarding his action. I think throughtimeanddevelopment thisseasonandthewinter–I’m certain that in two years’ time that Brydon could be the next Mark Wood or Ben Stokes or even Jofra Archer.
“It has been great for him to see how Mark and Ben operate on a daily basis and pick their brainstoseehowtheygoabout theirbusiness–fromabowling and batting perspective.
“Brydon hasn’t played a lot of cricket therefore he is still developing. Being around Mark and Ben and watching their approach and skill set willonlyimprovehisbowling.”
Stokes and Wood have also been afforded time to refine their skills due to the extra time away from the international scene. Both men have been essential in cogs in England’s side in all three formats, limiting their time to work on different aspects of their game outsideofthepressurisedplaying environment.
Killeen has lauded their workrateduringthefive-week period since their training regime began and is confident thattheduowillhittheground running when England begin their international calendar againsttheWestIndiesinJuly.
He added: “This phase has been great for both of them because during the international calendar you do not have a great deal of time to press the reset button. So we’ve been able to look back and go over technical issues.
“Over the last five weeks we’ve had a chance to reset a few things and work on their skills. Both Ben and Mark have been working on new types of deliveries, which we’ve had time to refine. It has been reallyhelpfulforthebothofthem and they’ve been accepting to the work. I’ve been in a privileged position – I’ve known them for all of my career, having played with them and now coaching them. It has helped build that element of trust.
“Their work rate has been outstanding. Coming out of lockdown when people have been left to their own devices to see the shape that both of them came back into training with was phenomenal. Both of them are at the point now if there was a match next week they could play at a high level.”
Stokes and Wood have both been named in England’s 30-man behind-closed-doors training group ahead of the first Test at the Ageas Bowl.