Sussex bowler
YOUNG GUN
Jack Carson

RUGBY might have been his first love growing up, but competing against adults with bat and ball before his teenage years was a sign that Jack Carson was destined for a future in cricket.
The 19-year-old – who marked his first-class debut for Sussex this month with five wickets against Hampshire – grew up next to the boundary rope of Waringstown Cricket Club in County Down, and was in the nets almost as soon as he could walk.
The lack of exposure to the game in school and on TV meant that a rugby career was perhaps the more romantic option, ...