England capitulated in Perth for the second year running as an Australia side engulfed by the 'Sandpapergate' storm cruised to a seven-wicket victory in a series-opening ODI in which debutant Mahli Beardman recorded a six-wicket haul.

England's raft of rash strokes in last November's first Ashes Test at Optus Stadium led to them losing that game inside two days en route to a harrowing 4-1 series defeat.

Unlike the previous winter, the tourists played a proper warm-up game at another Perth venue in The WACA, beating a Western Australia side by 92 runs last Saturday as 21-year-old pacer Beardman went wicketless from 10 overs.

Fast forward six days and Beardman bagged the best figures by an Australian on ODI debut - his 6-24 from 7.4 overs topping Tony Dodemaide's 5-31 versus Sri Lanka in 1988 - with his five-for on his home ground coming in 28 balls as England slumped to 132 all out, a total Australia eclipsed in 23.3 overs.

Harry Brook (1), who became Beardman's first wicket when he poked behind in the 12th over, saw his side bundled out in just 33.4 overs with Joe Root (17), playing his 200th ODI, one of a number of players to perish on the drive, the sort of shot that had got England in all sorts of bother during their Test trouncing here a year ago.

Brook's men rallied somewhat from 65-8, passing their lowest-ever ODI score of 86 and reaching three figures thanks to Will Jacks (25) and Gus Atkinson, who top-scored with 29 not out from 32 balls from the No 10 spot and hit England's sole six.

But a target of 132 was never likely to trouble Australia, despite Atkinson bowling Travis Head - who had slammed a match-winning hundred in that Ashes clash in Perth in 2025 - for a golden duck in the second over and so it proved, as stand-in captain Mitchell Marsh tonked a 29-ball fifty before holing out with 65 runs needed.

Marsh's eight-boundary onslaught (four sixes, four fours) came a day after dead-batting all questions about the 2018 ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town, which has been catapulted back onto the news agenda following the release of Usman Khawaja's book.

Beardman the star after Cummins hogs the headlines

Marsh is leading Australia in this three-match series in place of the rested Pat Cummins - but the latter was, along with Beardman, the undoubted story of Friday as he held an extraordinary, 68-minute press conference to address Khawaja's comments.

Cummins insisted Khawaja's claims that every member of the Baggy Greens dressing room back then was aware of the plot to alter the ball using sandpaper to be "100 per cent untrue" and "utter nonsense" before lauding "really exciting prospect" Beardman.

As fans and media digested Cummins' startling response to Khawaja's accusations, a couple of hours later they were hailing Beardman's record-breaking ODI bow, where he displayed accuracy, speed and skill and offered a glimpse into the future.

The seamer nicked off Brook, Root and Jordan Cox (2), bounced out Sam Curran (0), had Liam Dawson - once again preferred in the England XI to fellow spinner Adil Rashid - caught at backward point for a duck and ended the innings when last man Jofra Archer (11) was athletically pouched by a diving Jack Edwards in the gully.

An Australia attack missing Cummins and two other rested fast-bowling stalwarts in Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazelwood excelled with left-armer Spencer Johnson's 3-42 including Ben Duckett (9) caught square driving to backward point after England lost the toss and new-ball partner Xavier Bartlett (1-46) removing Tom Banton (25).

England took a few scalps in the chase in Head, Marsh and Cooper Connolly (27 off 30) but Australia eased to victory and will now look to wrap up a series win with a game to spare in Adelaide on Sunday ahead of next Wednesday's final game in Hobart.

Brook's team are not at full strength - they are shorn of the injured Jacob Bethell (knee), Jos Buttler (hamstring) and Josh Tongue (toe) - but neither are Australia, so this defeat, following swiftly on from their tri-series travails in Pakistan last month when they lost three of their four matches, leaves England with plenty to ponder.

Schedule for England's tour of Australia

ODIs 3.30am UK time, with T20s 8.15am UK time

• Second ODI: Sunday November 15 (Adelaide)
• Third ODI: Wednesday November 18 (Hobart)
• First T20I: Saturday November 21 (Melbourne)
• Second T20I: Tuesday November 24 (Carrara)
• Third T20I: Friday November 27 (Brisbane)
• Fourth T20I: Sunday November 29 (Sydney)
• Fifth T20I: