Promising fast bowling handed first top call-up after kills of fast-bowling injury
Australia have responded to their mounting fast-bowling damage list by adding Mahli Beardman, the 19-year-old Western Australia bowler, to their International club for the five-match series against England, which gets live at Trent Bridge on Thursday.
Beardman, 19 years old and 6ft 2in, was a standout actor in the Under-19 World Cup earlier this year, in special with his Player-of-the-Match winning images of 3 for 15 in Australia's triumph over India in the last in Benoni.
Though he has played only one Record A match in his career to date, he was picked up in August by Perth Scorchers for this year's Big Bash League, and is one of a crop of young strong bowlers in Australia's set-up whom the candidates have been monitoring carefully, alongside Callum Vidler, Charlie Anderson and Tom Straker.
His call-up comes amid a slew of injury among Australia's strong bowlers. Xavier Bartlett sustained a area stress during the first T20I against England, while Nathan Ellis was pulled from the Scotland leg of the tour after aggravating an injuries sustained in the Hundred.
Spencer Johnson was ruled out before the trip began, while Riley Meredith did not play after initial T20I in Scotland, with both men sustaining part problems.
After arriving later in the UK with a small leg pressure, Josh Hazlewood had been a question for the T20I line. However, he had a significant impact in Australia's victory in Southampton before being rested for the next match in Cardiff.
Speaking to SEN last week, Andrew McDonald, Australia's head coach, said that his team would be closely monitoring the fitness of his "big three" bowlers - Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc, ahead of a five-Test home series against India later this year.
" A lot of our priorities will be geared around that", Andrew McDonald, Australia's coach, told SEN last week. " You'll see that unfold with the management of our players. In the coming summer, we'll be very selective about who does what in terms of [ Sheffield Shield cricket to ensure that they are prepared for that first Test match.
Beardman and Cooper Connolly, who had been a part of the T20I squad, have been on the Australian bench in Perth in the past two summers as part of Cricket Australia's Under-19 induction program.
Connolly will continue playing in the ODI squad in the UK, as will Ben Dwarshuis, who has been added as cover for the rest of the tour.
Australia's squad for the ODIs will also be boosted by the arrival of Starc, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne and Glenn Maxwell.
Australia ODI squad vs England
Mitchell Marsh ( capt ), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey (wk ), Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Cameron Green, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis (wk ), Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa | Traveling reserve: Mahli Beardman
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