LONDON — England fast bowler Brydon Carse said he considered getting a toe amputated after encountering longstanding problems because of his bowling action.

The damage to his second toe on his left foot became so bad over the winter when playing for England that Carse was forced to pull out midway through its Champions Trophy campaign in Pakistan and withdraw from a lucrative deal in the Indian Premier League.

The 29-year-old Carse explored every option to deal with the issue, including a drastic remedy.

“It ended up being quite a severe wound I was playing with for the majority of the winter. It got infected a couple of times," said Carse, speaking on Thursday ahead of England’s first Twenty20 against the West Indies on Friday. "It is a bit of a running joke in the changing room, my se

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