Scottish pacer Charlie Cassell broke South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada’s nine-year-old record for best bowling figures on debut in men’s ODIs when he scored 7-21 in 5.4 overs against Oman in the World Cup League 2 match. ICC Men’s Cricket World here on Monday. Cassell was added to the Scotland squad for the matches against Oman after fellow pacer Chris Sole was unavailable for personal reasons. Cassell made an impact immediately with pinpoint accuracy, trapping former Oman captain Zeeshan Maqsood lbw in his first ball in international cricket.
His second delivery breached Ayaan Khan’s defenses, becoming the first instance of a bowler taking wickets from his first two balls in ODI cricket. Two balls later, Cassell dismissed Khalid Kail.
Cassell’s sensational debut continued to yield wickets and he had a five-wicket haul with the dismissal of Mehran Khan in the 18th over. With this, he joined an exclusive list of 15 players, who chose five on their men’s ODI debut.
But it got even better when Cassell got past Oman to finish with 7-21, the best bowling figures by an ODI player on international debut, surpassing the figures of 6-16 that Rabada took on his ODI debut for South Africa against Bangladesh in July 2015.
Cassell now has the seventh-best bowling figure by a bowler in ODIs as Oman were bowled out for 91 in 21.4 overs after being asked to bat first. Pratik Athavale top scored with 34 while only two other batsmen reached double figures.
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