“I think when you’re looking for peace, it’s not something that comes naturally.
“It’s got to be a really fine line between charging and wanting to snap the crease, but then also letting it flow naturally. And what happens, happens.”
The right-arm speedster has been selected in Australia’s squad for the upcoming T20 series in Pakistan and forms a key figure in Sunday’s BBL final against the Sixers or Hobart Hurricanes.
With Lance Morris sidelined for the entire season with a broken back, Jhye Richardson still building fitness and form after shoulder surgery, and Jason Behrendorff and AJ Tye no longer with the club, it has been left to Beardman to carry the mantle of “extreme pace” this season in Perth.
Beardman will line up for BBL match No. 13 in Sunday’s final.
But after watching the then 19-year-old Cooper Connolly deliver the match-winning performance in the BBL final three years ago, Beardman is dreaming of his own heroic moment in the upcoming decider.
Over 50,000 fans await the final as the Scorchers look to clinch their sixth title.
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