Brook says Brydon Carse needs time away from international cricket ahead of England v Sri Lanka ODI

Before Tuesday's first one-day international against Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street, England white-ball captain Harry Brook said his "very good mate" Brydon Carse needs time away from international cricket, telling BBC Sport he had spoken with him about the situation.

Carse was arrested then de-arrested on a night out in Derby in August, and Derbyshire Police confirmed on Friday that an investigation into an alleged assault had ended with no further action taken; Carse now faces an inquiry by the Cricket Regulator. Though the Durham seamer remains available for England selection, he has not been chosen in any format since the incident, and Brook and Carse are close friends who share an agent.

"I'm very good mates with Carsey," Brook said. "I've spoken a lot with him. I think he just needs time away from the international scene. He's working on a few things behind the scenes and hopefully he'll be ready at some point in the future."

The England and Wales Cricket Board has said Carse will "take time" to "work through the issues that led to the Derby incident", while white-ball head coach Brendon McCullum said Carse must "get his house order" before he can play for England again; new Test coach Stephen Fleming has also discussed the "standards" England players must meet.

Brook, 27, pointed to his own experience of off-field controversy after he was punched by a nightclub bouncer in Wellington in October last year on the eve of a one-day international against New Zealand, and said he could draw on that episode when supporting Carse. Carse is 31.

On selection and performance, Brook said: "He's a very good cricketer, we all know that. He's been bowling extremely well for Durham. When his time for selection is up, that will be a debate." Adil Rashid will miss the series opener because of a hand injury, Jacob Bethell remains absent following knee surgery, and Tom Banton will open the batting in their places.

England swept Sri Lanka 3-0 in a one-sided T20 series last week and have won 23 of their past 26 completed internationals in the shortest format; with the 50-over World Cup in southern Africa in October and November 2027 next on the calendar, Brook said: "Naturally it does, with the World Cup being next year. That's not saying we're taking anything away from T20 cricket at all, because we're absolutely flying in that format at the minute. With the World Cup being just around the corner, and now we've solidified qualification, we can really start to home in on what the squad and XI is."

Tuesday's match will be England's first ODI since Kevin Pietersen joined the backroom staff and, having begun work on Monday with a session on how to play spin, Pietersen will be part of the build-up to the 50-over World Cup. After the Sri Lanka series concludes on Sunday, England travel to Pakistan in October for a one-day tri-series that also includes Sri Lanka, then visit Australia in November for three ODIs and five T20s; the T20s finish a week before England's sole warm-up game in South Africa, and squads for the Pakistan and Australia tours, plus a new set of central contracts, are due to be named next week.

England's immediate next fixture is the first one-day international against Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday, the start of a white-ball programme that will continue through the autumn leading into the World Cup preparation.