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Perth Scorchers will hand a debut to exciting teenage quick Mahli Beardman with their season on the line against Sydney Thunder on Monday night.
The West Australian understands the 19-year-old will play his first match for the club, with Jhye Richardson ruled out.
Cricket Australia and Richardson have chosen to send the paceman for surgery on a troublesome shoulder this week., which means he will miss the final two games of the Scorchers’ regular season and any finals.
Lance Morris missed Saturday’s high-scoring defeat to Sydney Sixers because he was managed by Cricket Australia and is likely to return to the side.
Beardman’s debut means struggling veteran Andrew Tye looks set to miss out.
The pace ace from the State’s South West has played just one one-day game for Western Australia but was a bolt-from-the-blue selection in the national squad that toured the United Kingdom for white-ball matches in October.
He earned his first Scorchers contract this summer after being named player-of-the-final and starring at last year’s Under-19 World Cup.
More to come