# England vs Australia ODI: Debutant Beardman Crushes England

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- Published: 2026-11-13T05:31:01+00:00
- Author: The Time News

Mahli Beardman needed fewer than five overs to turn his international debut into
an absolute nightmare for England’s batting lineup. Playing in the **England vs 
Australia ODI** series opener at Perth’s Optus Stadium, the 21-year-old fast bowler
tore through England’s top and middle order with furious pace and bounce.

By the time Beardman finished his opening five-over spell, he held five wickets 
and had England staring directly at one of the darkest batting collapses in their
limited-overs history. What began as a standard powerplay quickly unraveled into
an outright batting surrender.

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For England, the stakes could hardly be higher. After being put into bat on a spicy
Western Australian pitch, they found themselves fighting simply to avoid the lowest
one-day total the country has ever recorded.

## Beardman tears through the England lineup

Australia handed Beardman his cap on a ground notorious for extreme pace, and he
exploited every millimeter of it. The young quick wasted no time dismantling England’s
most experienced players.

Beardman struck first by dismissing Harry Brook in his second over. One over later,
he claimed Joe Root, before ripping through Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, and Liam Dawson
in rapid succession.

Dawson fell attempting to drive against the steep bounce, slicing the ball straight
to Jack Edwards at backward point. Beardman promptly lifted the ball to a roaring
home crowd, having picked up five wickets before even completing five full overs
in international cricket.

“It’s one way to change the headlines,” former Australia all-rounder Tom Moody said
on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra. “It’s suddenly being steered towards a rising star 
in Mahli Beardman, and he might not be finished yet.”

## England vs Australia ODI exposes Perth bounce trap

England’s batters repeatedly walked into Australia’s bowling trap. Driving on the
up at Optus Stadium has broken visiting teams for years, yet England’s lineup kept
chasing deliveries outside off stump.

Australian pacers Xavier Bartlett and Spencer Johnson targeted the 3-6 meter region
on more than 40 percent of their deliveries. Beardman chose an even deadlier approach,
landing roughly half his deliveries on a good length between six and eight meters.

That consistency forced England into reckless cross-batted shots against rising 
deliveries. Jamie Overton fell to that exact trap against Johnson, slapping an awkward
back-of-a-length delivery softly back up the pitch.

Johnson stuck out a hand to complete an athletic one-handed catch on the stretch.
The dismissal summed up the tourists’ morning: poorly planned attacking shots met
by clinical Australian fielding.

## Chasing unwanted records at Optus Stadium

With seven wickets down, the primary objective for England shifted from setting 
a target to avoiding outright humiliation. The team’s lowest total in one-day international
cricket stands at **86 all out** against Australia at Old Trafford back in 2001.

Analytical models from CricViz projected England’s eventual total at barely 102.
Even reaching three figures felt like an uphill climb as the lower order scrambled
for survival.

Will Jacks and Gus Atkinson came together to mount a desperate rearguard action.
The pair traded low-risk singles and picked off occasional runs through the leg 
side against Bartlett to nudge the score slowly forward.

Atkinson gave the traveling supporters something small to cheer by surviving testing
overs from the Australian quicks. Ex-Australia batter and Perth Scorchers coach 
Adam Voges observed on Test Match Special that Jacks showed clear faith in Atkinson’s
defensive technique, taking early singles to share the strike.

## Australia turns the page after a difficult week

The ruthless bowling display arrived at an opportune moment for Australian cricket.
Off-field controversy and lingering memories of previous controversies had dominated
the local press in the days leading into the match.

Beardman’s explosive spell shifted the conversation entirely back to on-field dominance.
Australia’s attack proved that their bowling depth can overpower quality opposition
even when rotated.

For England, Perth remains an unforgiving venue. The squad suffered familiar heartbreak
on this turf during recent Ashes tours, and the opening hours of this one-day series
felt uncomfortably identical.

England now face an uphill climb across the remainder of this three-match one-day
international series. The teams meet next for the second ODI, where England’s top
order must find answers to extreme pace before the series slips away completely.

_Source: [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/live/cnv9n5lgdv6t)_

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