Australia fast bowler breaks 38-year record with England haul
Mahli Beardman joins Tony Dodemaide as Australia men's players to take five wickets on ODI debut.
Australia youngster Mahli Beardman has broken a 38-year record by claiming a five-wicket haul on debut against England in Perth on Friday.
Beardman tore through the England batting line-up to collect his maiden five-wicket haul, becoming just the second Australian male to pick up five wickets on debut in an ODI as the visitors middle-order were skittled in the first ODI of the series.
It was a debut to remember for Beardman, who first claimed the prized wicket of England skipper Harry Brook and then followed it up by dismissing former captain Joe Root as England slumped to 55/4 after 14 overs on the pacy Perth Stadium wicket.
The former Australia star from the ICC Men's Under-19 Cricket World Cup improved on those efforts by collecting the scalps of Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson to complete his haul as the Aussies continued to dominate their arch-rivals on home soil.
Every Mahli Beardman wicket from U19 Cricket World Cup 2024
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