England include pace bowler Brydon Carse in the England Lions 15-man squad for the tour of South Africa, effectively keeping open the possibility of a return to Test cricket. Multiple outlets describe Carse’s selection as a step that “clears the way” for him to be reconsidered by the England Test set-up.

The reports place his Lions call-up in the wider context of his earlier absence from England duties. Wisden also references an “investigation into a nightclub incident,” framing the selection as an end to his “exile” despite that matter. BBC and other cricket-focused outlets similarly emphasize the door being left open for his Test return.

Overall, coverage largely agrees on the core fact: Carse is back in the Lions squad for South Africa, with the main variation being whether outlets foreground the nightclub investigation and the “exile” wording.