England fast bowler Brydon Carse recently broke silence on receiving a three-month ban last year for breaching the England and Wales Cricket Board’s gambling regulations as well. He also admitted that he regrets his actions,
but added that it will make him stronger as well. However, Carse was revealed to have placed 303 bets on matches he was not involved in between 2017 and 2019 as well. He shared that the gambling started due to boredom after he was on the sidelines due to several stress fractures.

Speaking to former England cricketer Michael Atherton, Carse said in a video released by Sky Sports on YouTube, “Six-seven years ago, I had back-to-back stress fractures. I wasn’t playing a great deal; I spent a lot of time at home on my own while my housemates were away, playing cricket. And to be completely honest, I cannot even remember a large proportion of them, and probably thought at the time, this doesn’t even really matter because I don’t know what I’m going to become, and I’m so far away from being the cricketer that I would like to be. So, I think there was a lot of that.”

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“There’s no denying that when all of that stuff surfaced, I was actually on my way down to play a game for Durham at Warwickshire, and my heart sunk. (I was) trying to piece together what had happened six-seven years ago. But I think that whole process that I went through and the support that I had from Durham and England, and the lessons that I learned, I’m a firm believer that everything does happen for a reason, and I’ve often said that. It’s something that I deeply regret now, but I think it’s something that, going forward in my playing career and away from cricket, I feel will make me stronger,” he further added.

During the same interview, Brydon Carse also stated that England Test captain Ben Stokes has played a key role in his resurgence following the three-month ban. He shared that he has great respect for the veteran all-rounder as well.

“He’s certainly been pivotal in everything that I’ve gone about on the field and off the field, and someone that I respect and someone that I’m very thankful for the relationship and friendship that I have with him. The relationship that we have, I feel like he knows me inside out. He knows what makes me tick on the field. He has very honest conversations with me,” he concluded.