Australia fast bowler Mahli Beardman made a remarkable start to his worldwide profession, taking five wickets on his ODI debut towards England in Perth on Friday, November 13. The 21-year-old dismantled the guests’ top order together with his pace, swing and bounce to develop into only the second Australian to attain the feat.
Captain Mitch Marsh gained the toss and elected to bowl in sunny circumstances at Perth Stadium in the opening match of the three-game sequence. Beardman earned his place alongside Spencer Johnson and Xavier Bartlett, with Australia resting three first-choice quicks and England missing two players through injury.
Mahli Beardman Joins Tony Dodemaide with Five-Wicket Haul on ODI Debut
Mahli Beardman completed his maiden ODI five-wicket haul by dismissing Liam Dawson for a six-ball duck in the 18th over. The right-arm pacer bowled a full supply exterior off stump, which Dawson edged in direction of backward point. Jack Edwards took the catch overhead to finish the dismissal.
Beardman claimed his fifth wicket in simply 28 deliveries. He turned the 18th participant overall and only the second Australian males’s cricketer to take a five-wicket haul on ODI debut. Tony Dodemaide was the first, recording figures of 5/21 towards Sri Lanka at the WACA Ground in 1988.
Beardman also turned the fifth-youngest bowler to take five wickets on ODI debut. Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed tops the checklist, followed by Mustafizur Rahman, Kagiso Rabada, Sri Lanka’s Charitha Buddhika and Pakistan’s Arafat Minhas.
Youngest Bowlers to Take a Five-Wicket Haul on ODI Debut:
19y 75d – Taskin Ahmed (Bangladesh) vs India, Mirpur, 2014
19y 285d – Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh) vs India, Mirpur, 2015
20y 46d – Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) vs Bangladesh, Mirpur, 2015
21y 65d – Charitha Buddhika (Sri Lanka) vs Zimbabwe, Sharjah, 2001
21y 74d – Mahli Beardman (Australia) vs England, Perth, 2026, Right this moment*
21y 148d – Arafat Minhas (Pakistan) vs Australia, Rawalpindi, 2026
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