THE GABBA — It says much about the character of Brydon Carse that towards the end of a day when he produced arguably his worst performance in an England shirt, he came back from the brink to potentially keep his team in this pivotal second Ashes Test.

The 30-year-old had shipped 95 runs across the first 12 overs he bowled, Australia’s batters seizing the momentum in this day-night contest to put the Bazballers’ Ashes hopes in serious jeopardy.

So bad was his performance with the ball that former Australia batter Mark Waugh, on commentary for Fox Sports , was moved to say: “That is third grade stuff. That’s not great for a Test bowler.”

Yet anyone who had watched Carse over the first 10 Tests of his career knows he has an uncanny knack of taking wickets however badly he’s bowling.

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