BBL|11 over for Scorchers' English recruit after injury

Less than 24 hours after Perth Scorchers announced Brydon Carse would be lining up in their KFC BBL|11 campaign the England allrounder is heading home with a serious knee injury.

Carse tore the cartilage in his right knee during training with the England Lions on the Gold Coast as part of the team's quarantine period.

He has been ruled out of the Lions tour of Australia and the BBL for the Scorchers.

A statement from the England and Wales Cricket Board said Carse "will return to the UK in the coming days and will be seen by a knee consultant to advise on the next steps with the management of his injury."

He was due to meet up with Scorchers after Lions match against Australia A on December 12.

WA Cricket general manager of High Performance Kade Harvey said the injury was a "real shame for Brydon on the eve of the tournament".

"We wish him all the best and hope he makes a speedy recovery," Harvey said.

“We are exploring our options to source a replacement player for the tournament which gets underway (for the Scorchers) from Wednesday December 8."

The depth of the West Australian club was already being tested after the announcement of Australia’s Ashes and A squads last week with the Scorchers set to be without key players Jhye Richardson, Ashton Agar, Josh Inglis and Mitch Marsh for the early part of the season.

The Scorchers currently have only 10 players to pick from for their first two games of the season given their A players will be unavailable until after their tour match in Brisbane finishes on December 11.

BBL clubs can name replacement players during the season in the case of international selection, while the Scorchers still have two more vacancies on their contract list, as well as a replacement for Carse, which will be filled in the coming weeks.

Carse, a pace bowler and hard-hitting lower order bat, grew up in South Africa but is English-qualified through family and residency. 

He made his England debut during the northern summer one-day international series against Pakistan and, as part of the Lions squad, was in Australia as cover for England's main Ashes party.

Upon signing for Perth, his first overseas T20 contract, Carse had said, "I'm hoping to create some match-winning performances with both bat and ball, I like to think I play my cricket with a smile on my face and enjoy it."

He is one of three overseas recruits the Scorchers have signed, the others being English T20 franchise specialist Laurie Evans and New Zealand's Colin Munro.

Perth Scorchers squad BBL|11: Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Laurie Evans (England), Aaron Hardie, Peter Hatzoglou, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Mitchell Marsh, Lance Morris, Colin Munro (New Zealand), Kurtis Patterson, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye (two to be added)