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Scotland’s Charlie Cassell claims 7-21 on ODI debut, breaks all records

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Scotland’s Charlie Cassell claims 7-21 on ODI debut, breaks all records

Scotland’s Charlie Cassell stunned Oman on his ODI debut in an ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 match in Dundee, becoming the first player ever to take seven wickets in his first ODI match.

Charlie Cassell was born in Aberdeen in 1998 to a Scottish mother and an English father and grew up in the UK until the family moved to Perth in 2005, where he played club cricket with Guildford Midland. He later moved to Sydney, where he played for Sydney University Cricket Club, and on his return to Scotland, for Forfarshire.

When Chris Sole pulled out of the CWCL2 for personal reasons, Scotland replaced him with Cassell. He was given his ODI cap on Monday (July 22), coming on to bowl first-change after Oman were 49-2 after 11 overs.

Cassell trapped Zeeshan Maqsood leg-before with his first ball in international cricket. In the process he became the 32nd to take a wicket with their first ball in men’s ODIs.

Two wickets from the first two balls

When he bowled Ayaan Khan with his second ball, Cassell became the first bowler to take two wickets with the first two balls of an ODI careerbut it was unlikely that he would leave it at that.

Still not satisfied, Cassell removed Khalid Kail two balls later, and Shoaib Khan with the third ball of his second over. At this point his figures were 1.3-1-0-4.

A six from Mehran Khan ruined his numbers, but Cassell took revenge by dismissing Mehran. This made him the 15th to take five-wicket haul on debut in men’s ODIs.

Opener Pratik Athavale (34), who had seen seven wickets fall at the other end, now fell prey to Cassell, making it the third six-for by a debutant in men’s ODIsafter Fidel Edwards’ 6-22 (vs. Zimbabwe, Harare 2003/04) and Kagiso Rabada’s 6-16 (vs. Bangladesh, Mirpur 2015).

Remark:
Glenys Page’s 6-20 against Trinidad and Tobago in the 1973 World Cup remains the only six-wicket haul in a women’s ODI.

There could have been a seventh wicket for Cassell from the next ball, had Brandon McMullen not dropped Kaleemullah off him. Instead, Gavin Main dismissed Kaleemullah at the other end.

Best ever figures on ODI debut

This was Cassell’s day, however. He did get No.11 Bilal Khan to round off the Oman innings for 91 โ€“ and ended with 7-21, the first ever seven-wicket haul on debut in men’s ODIs.

Image credit: Cricket Scotland

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