{"id":764,"date":"2026-11-06T12:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T12:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/mahli-beardman-calls-for-calm-regarding-his-test-prospects\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T12:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T12:50:02","slug":"mahli-beardman-calls-for-calm-regarding-his-test-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/mahli-beardman-calls-for-calm-regarding-his-test-prospects\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahli Beardman calls for calm regarding his Test prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Updated on 8 minutes ago by Charbel Coorey<\/a><\/p>\n

Promising fast bowler Mahli Beardman is \u201cready to go out and play some good cricket again\u201d as he pours some cold water over calls that he is next in line to replace Australia\u2019s long-standing Test pace attack.<\/p>\n

Beardman\u2019s focus in recent months has been building his body up to where it needs to be after a recurrence of a stress fracture in his lower back. He was excellent for the Perth Scorchers in their triumphant BBL campaign, including getting the better of Steve Smith in the finals. The 21-year-old then impressed on T20I debut in Pakistan where he took 2\/33, before injury ended his season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe timing of it was pretty rough,\u201d Beardman said this week, as quoted by Cricinfo<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I was feeling quite nice at the back of the Big Bash. It was just one of those things\u2026 I think it\u2019s understanding my body as I\u2019m growing and developing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was extremely frustrating, but I\u2019m super fortunate to be able to come back. Spent a good four or five months in the gym and built my body up.\u201d<\/p>\n

He returned to action in the Australia One Day Cup in September, playing two matches for Western Australia. He then played two One-Day matches for Australia A against India A in Puducherry, where he took five wickets including 4\/23 in the first game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mahli Beardman focused on playing consistent cricket rather than any talk of Tests at this stage<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The 21-year-old is gearing up to play for Western Australia against England on Saturday ahead of the ODI series which begins on November 13. He is in line to make his ODI debut, and Beardman knows that solid performances will hold him in good stead.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe selection is well above my head, so if that opportunity arrives, I\u2019ll try and grab it with both hands,\u201d Beardman said. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m ready to go out and play some good cricket again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mahli Beardman hit high speeds for Australia A against India A recently.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Beardman\u2019s recent back injury put the brakes on a possible Sheffield Shield debut. Building solid bowling loads is key for success in red-ball cricket, and the fast bowler is working towards that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can be tough not to see things or read into stuff,\u201d Beardman said of the speculation around his Test credentials. \u201cWhether that\u2019s for WA or Australia, whatever it is, I think it\u2019s just getting through each game and trying to build momentum off that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s [red-ball cricket] still at the forefront of my mind, it\u2019s just prioritising getting back, playing cricket first, proving my fitness and that my body can handle it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tough one to plan [Shield cricket]. It is just a game-by-game thing at the moment. There hasn\u2019t been a set date, so I\u2019m actually not too sure as to when that is. It\u2019s just to prove after each game that I\u2019m getting through OK, that I\u2019m not reporting any symptoms or soreness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beardman has long been mentored by Australian great Dennis Lillee. He regularly bowls above 140km\/h and feels he can increase his pace even further.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the goal is as high as I can go,\u201d Beardman said. \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s a number, I still feel like I\u2019ve got a decent way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Last Updated on 8 minutes ago by Charbel Coorey Promising fast bowler Mahli Beardman is \u201cready to go out and play some good cricket again\u201d as he pours some cold water over calls that he is next in line to replace Australia\u2019s long-standing Test pace attack. Beardman\u2019s focus in recent months has been building his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}