WA’s Mahli Beardman is set to be unleashed for the first time at ODI level this month, with an Optus Stadium debut looming against England.
Beardman was named in a 14-man ODI squad that will play three fixtures against England, beginning in Perth next Friday.
The Dunsborough product is one of five West Aussies in that squad, joining captain Mitch Marsh and a trio of players who have finished Test commitments in South Africa in Cam Green, Josh Inglis and Cooper Connolly.
Beardman is likely to get a chance to show his wares in a pace attack that will be without the rested Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood.
“Mahli Beardman’s recent performances for Australia A were impressive and we are incredibly excited for his return to the national team across the ODI and T20 formats,” Australian chair of selectors George Bailey said.
“We think he can continue to develop into an all-format player across the coming years.”
The 21-year-old last month said he was keen to make the most of any potential call-up after being blooded at international level in a T20 fixture in Pakistan earlier this year.
“If there’s any international opportunity, I’ll try and grab that with both hands,” he said.
“I’m just wanting to play some good cricket for WA at the moment. I’m just enjoying being back on the park, to be honest.”
Beardman was also named in the squad for five T20 internationals that will follow the ODI matches.
More to come
Australian ODI squad
- Mitchell Marsh (c)
- Xavier Bartlett
- Mahli Beardman
- Alex Carey
- Cooper Connolly
- Jack Edwards
- Cameron Green
- Travis Head
- Josh Inglis
- Spencer Johnson
- Ollie Peake
- Matthew Renshaw
- Liam Scott
- Adam Zampa
Australian T20 squad
- Mitchell Marsh (c)
- Xavier Bartlett
- Mahli Beardman
- Nikhil Chaudhary
- Tim David
- Joel Davies
- Jack Edwards
- Nathan Ellis
- Jake Fraser-McGurk
- Sam Harper
- Spencer Johnson
- Mitchell Owen
- Lachlan Shaw
- Adam Zampa
