Captain says bowler ‘is working on a few things’.
England v Sri Lanka ODIs come a year before World Cup.
Carse has recently discovered he will not face a criminal charge for the late-night incident in Derby last month that led to him being briefly handcuffed.
Asked before Tuesday’s first one-day international against Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street about the prospect of Carse returning down the line, Brook, England’s white-ball captain, replied: “He’s a good cricketer. When his time for selection is up, that will be a debate.”
More broadly, Brook believes the call for greater off-field professionalism has permeated through the England squads, both from Brendon McCullum, the white-ball head coach, and Stephen Fleming ahead of his new role with the Test side.
On top of Carse’s ongoing absence, England are missing Jacob Bethell and Sam Curran because of injury. Adil Rashid, another first-choice pick, will also miss the first match as he awaits scan results on an issue with his bowling hand sustained during the whitewash-sealing T20 win at Old Trafford on Saturday.
In come Tom Banton to open and Jamie Overton with the ball, while Rehan Ahmed, 16 years younger than Rashid at 22, gets his chance as the team’s wrist-spinner.
England go into the series opener with momentum from the 3-0 sweep of Sri Lanka that took them to No 1 in the T20 rankings. However their ODI ranking of seventh shows there is work to be done in 50-over cricket, even having come from 1-0 down to win both their series this year.