Key facts. Australia beat England by seven wickets in the first ODI in Perth, after England were bowled out for 131, Mahli Beardman taking 6-24 on debut. The second ODI is in Adelaide on Sunday, with UK coverage from 3.00am on TNT Sports 1 and HBO Max.
England’s winter in Australia began with a familiar kind of collapse. On Friday 13 November at Perth Stadium, Harry Brook’s side were bowled out for 131 in 33.4 overs and lost the first one-day international by seven wickets, with Australia cantering home in 23.3 overs and 26.3 overs to spare. The wrecking ball was a 21-year-old fast bowler on debut. Mahli Beardman took 6-24, a debut analysis better than any previous Australian in this format, and England never recovered once that spell was underway.
It was only 12 months, almost to the week, since England were bundled out of the first Ashes Test at the same ground in two days. The format is different this time, a white-ball tour of three ODIs and five Twenty20s, but the method of dismissal looked painfully similar: batters driving at balls that bounced and left them, and a total that never threatened to be enough.
Beardman, and a familiar Perth problem
BBC Sport’s report from the ground is unsparing, and the scorecard backs it up. Beardman had Gus Atkinson to thank for the only unbeaten resistance of any note, 29 not out, while Will Jacks made 25. Almost everybody else came and went. Beardman had Brook caught behind in his second over, his first wicket in international cricket, then removed Joe Root for 17, Jordan Cox for two and Sam Curran for a seven-ball duck. He later added Liam Dawson and Jofra Archer, finishing with those debut figures of 6-24 after an opening burst of 5-18 from five overs. At times, the BBC says, he was clocked at more than 90mph.
The top order had already given him a platform. Tom Banton edged a drive with his feet stuck, and Ben Duckett sliced left-armer Spencer Johnson to backward point. From 65 for 8 the innings was a salvage job, and it still ended inside 34 overs. BBC Sport noted that this was the 15th dismissal in England’s 29 one day internationals under McCullum as white-ball coach, 11 of those after they batted first. Michael Vaughan, on Test Match Special, said he did not see last winter’s “go harder” message so much as basic errors on a pitch that demanded more care.
Australia’s chase was a formality even after Travis Head, the man who had taken England apart in last year’s Perth Test, dragged on first ball. Captain Mitchell Marsh hammered a 29-ball fifty with four sixes over the leg side, Cooper Connolly made 27, and Josh Inglis and Matthew Renshaw finished the job at 132 for 3. The BBC reports that Australia have only twice before chased down an England total with that much of the innings still unused.
A series played under a cloud, but the cricket was one-sided
The tour arrived in a week when Australian cricket has been talking about something else entirely. Usman Khawaja’s autobiography has put the 2018 sandpaper scandal back on the front pages. Joe Root, speaking in Perth before the game, declined to speculate when the subject was raised. By Friday morning the noise had not died down. BBC Sport reported that the day began with David Warner, on Australian television, accusing Pat Cummins of throwing Khawaja “under the bus”, hours after Cummins had responded to Khawaja’s comments. Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood are being rested from this white-ball series, which is also why a 21-year-old like Beardman was given the new ball in an ODI.
England, for their part, cannot hide behind the sideshow. They came here after finishing bottom of a 50-over tri-series in Pakistan against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and they have now lost four of their last five ODIs. McCullum is still the limited-overs coach, with a World Cup next year in his in-tray. He is no longer the Test coach, having been removed during the English summer after last winter’s Ashes. The preparation this time included a 50-over warm-up against a Western Australia XI at the WACA on 7 November, a clearer attempt to get used to Perth than the brief red-ball work a year ago. On Friday it did not show in the scoreboard.
McCullum, speaking to TNT Sports, did not pretend otherwise. “It all happened pretty quickly,” he said. “I thought we weren’t quick enough to adapt to the conditions, we talked extensively leading into the game about the surface here at Optus is a bit like batting on a trampoline.” He pointed out that the last four games at the ground had been finished in a little over 30 overs, so a low-scoring match was no surprise, but 130 was still well short of what they had expected. The lessons, he added, will matter in South Africa at the next World Cup, on pitches that may not bounce quite like Perth but will still test them.
Adelaide is next, very early on Sunday morning
The second of the three ODIs is in Adelaide on Sunday 15 November. Cricket Australia lists that match at 2.30pm AEDT, which is 3.30am UK time, and TNT Sports says UK coverage starts from 3.00am on TNT Sports 1 and HBO Max. The third ODI follows in Hobart on 18 November, again with UK coverage from 3.00am.
Three ODIs, then five T20s, is a decent block of cricket if England can remember how to occupy the crease. Root was set to reach his 200th ODI on this tour, a landmark that should have been a subplot, not a footnote to a 131 all out. Brook’s team have a couple of days to decide whether Perth was a one-off on a lively pitch or another warning about their 50-over batting. Beardman, who had previously played just one international, a Twenty20 against Pakistan in January, will not care which of those it was. He has a debut six-for, and England have a deficit to chase in Adelaide.
How to watch the second ODI
In the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar, Cricket Australia’s official global TV guide names TNT Sports, with radio coverage from the BBC. TNT Sports’ own how-to-watch guide, updated on 12 November, says the second ODI is on TNT Sports 1 and HBO Max from 3.00am UK time on Sunday 15 November. If you cannot stay up, wait for official highlights rather than a random replay site.
In Australia, the official outlets are Kayo Sports and Fox Cricket, with radio on ABC Sport, SEN and Triple M. In New Zealand, Cricket Australia lists Sky NZ. In the United States, Canada and several US territories it lists Willow. In India and a group of neighbouring countries it lists JioHotstar. In much of sub-Saharan Africa it lists SuperSport. Other regions are set out on cricket.com.au’s global guide, including Cricket TV in a large part of Europe. Use those official services only.
If you are staying up anyway, Saturday also has Zuffa Boxing 13 on Sky Sports and Wales against New Zealand plus England against Japan on ITV.
FAQs
What was the result of the first Australia against England ODI in Perth?
Australia won by seven wickets. England were bowled out for 131 in 33.4 overs, and Australia reached 132 for 3 in 23.3 overs. Mahli Beardman took 6-24 on ODI debut.
What time is the second ODI and what channel is it on in the UK?
The match is listed at 3.30am UK time on Sunday 15 November in Adelaide. TNT Sports says coverage starts from 3.00am on TNT Sports 1 and HBO Max.
Where can I watch it in Australia?
On Kayo Sports and Fox Cricket, according to Cricket Australia’s official TV guide.
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Written by Dr Husham Memar