Dundee: Charlie Cassell beat Kagiso Rabada’s nine-year-old record for best bowling figures on debut in Men’s ODIs when he had Oman no. 11 Bilal Khan caught behind here on Monday.
Cassell made an impact soon after being handed his debut cap in Scotland’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 clash against Oman. With pinpoint accuracy, he trapped former Oman captain Zeeshan Maqsood leg before off his very first ball in international cricket.
His second delivery breached the defences of Ayaan Khan, making it the first-ever instance of a bowler having picked up wickets off his first two balls in ODI cricket on debut. 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 in the 18th over. With this, he joined an exclusive list of 15 players, who had picked a five-for on Men’s ODI debut.
But it got even better when Cassell ran through the Oman tail to finish with 7/21, the best-ever bowling figures by an ODI bowler on international debut, an ICC report said.
Oman were bowled out for 91 after being asked to bat. Pratik Athavale top-scored with 34 while only two other batters reached double digits.
