Mahli Beardman couldn’t have asked for a more dream ODI as the 21-year-old scalped a five-wicket haul against England in Perth on Friday in his first 28 deliveries of his international cricket in the 50-over format. At a time when the Australian cricket is rocked once again with the 2018 Sandpaper gate chatter off the field after Usman Khawaja’s book, Beardman stole the show on the field with his raw pace at the Perth Stadium.
Sent into bat first, England had lost two wickets in the first nine overs until Beardman stepped in to start with a maiden over. England captain Harry Brook became Beardman’s maiden ODI wicket before getting better of Joe Root in the 14th over. The right-arm medium pacer had Jordan Cox and Sam Curran in the same over to get his four wickets in his first four overs in 50-over cricket at the international level.
Liam Dawson became Beardman’s fifth victim on his 28th delivery in the innings.
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