Scotland pacer Charlie Cassell broke South Africa quick bowler Kagiso Rabada‘s nine-year-old report for finest bowling figures on debut in Males’s ODIs when he picked 7-21 in 5.4 overs in opposition to Oman within the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup League 2 match right here on Monday. Cassell was added to the Scotland squad for the matches in opposition to Oman after fellow pacer Chris Sole made himself unavailable because of private causes. Cassell made an impression instantly with pinpoint accuracy, by trapping former Oman captain Zeeshan Maqsood lbw off his very first ball in worldwide cricket.
His second supply breached the defences of Ayaan Khan, making it the first-ever occasion of a bowler having picked up wickets off his first two balls in ODI cricket. Two balls later, Cassell dismissed Khalid Kail.
Cassell’s sensational debut continued yielding wickets and he had a five-wicket haul with the dismissal of Mehran Khan within the 18th over. With this, he joined an unique record of 15 gamers, who had picked a five-for on Males’s ODI debut.
However it obtained even higher when Cassell ran by way of the Oman tail to complete with 7-21, the all time bowling figures by an ODI bowler on worldwide debut, going previous the figures of 6-16 which Rabada took on his ODI debut for South Africa in opposition to Bangladesh in July 2015.
Cassell now has the seventh-best bowling figures by a participant in ODIs, as Oman had been bowled out for 91 in 21.4 overs after being requested to bat first. Pratik Athavale top-scored with 34 whereas solely two different batters reached double digits.
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