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[VIDEOS] Scott Boland - The second man with Indigenous Australian heritage to play Test cricket for Australia

He's been consistently excellent.

Reminds me a lot of Stuart Clarke- guy who came on the international scene well experienced but whose reliability and relentlessness as a style (as opposed to bowling hoops around corners or 110 mph) was just enhanced at the top level by having better partners to bowl with and leave zero options for batsmen to relieve pressure.
 
Does Australia have 1 drop rule too? Scott Boland is white for me. If I see him in the street, I will say he is white.
 
33 wickets in his first 8 Tests at an average of 14.57.

Just keeps putting the ball in the right areas and has the ability to move it around at a good pace.

Exceptional bowler.
 
This guy will be a handful for Pakistani batters later this year.

This could get messy.
 
Mohammad Ali is a similar bowler but fans on here have already written him off based on 3 test matches on highways in Pakistan.
 
Chip32 said:
Mohammad Ali is a similar bowler but fans on here have already written him off based on 3 test matches on highways in Pakistan.
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Exactly my thoughts. Mohammad Ali is very similar to boland. I think if we take him to England, he could be very effective. And if they discard him before trying him on a livelier pitch then Babar would have to be regarded as a poor judge of talent.
 
Third Man said:
"Green is mediocre". What a statement. Green is going to be the best test cricketer in the world in the next two years, if he stays fit.
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Mediocre seamer yes

Oh maybe he is world class for Pakistan bowling standards
 
Chip32 said:
Mohammad Ali is a similar bowler but fans on here have already written him off based on 3 test matches on highways in Pakistan.
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I made a similar point on the treatment of Mohammed Ali in the Mohammad Ali thread.

He didn't just play on highways, he played on highways with a clueless test captain and zero support from other bowlers.

The poor lad didn't stand a chance.
 
Rana said:
Mediocre seamer yes

Oh maybe he is world class for Pakistan bowling standards
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What's mediocre about him?

6.7 height, 87-88 mph, good control.

He will probably focus more on his batting in future, but even if he were a pure seamer, he has plenty of potential.
 
Boland vs India and Boland vs England... What a huge difference?
 
Odd decision not to pick Boland for the 2nd Test?

Surely Hazlewood could have been dropped?
 
Interested to see how he will bowl on his home ground. Last time he played here he took 6/7 against England. My guess is, he will be a handful for the Indian batsmen with his lengths.
 
16 overs
4 wickets
19 runs
7 maidens

Awesome spell today against India in the 5th and final Test at MCG

What a stunning bowler Scott Boland is turning out to be
 
10/76 in the 5th test match against India.

Scott Boland is named Player of the Match for this match-winning performance.
 
Where are the pace is pace yaar brigade who glorify mapakha debut?
Scott Boland debut at 31 and winning test series at 35. That too as a back up pacer.
 
This guy has been robbed of a great and potentially even legendary test career.

Where the hell was he all these years??
He has every single attribute of a great test bowler. Metronomic accuracy, Immense height and decent pace. How was he overlooked all these years?
 
Marooned said:
This guy has been robbed of a great and potentially even legendary test career.

Where the hell was he all these years??
He has every single attribute of a great test bowler. Metronomic accuracy, Immense height and decent pace. How was he overlooked all these years?
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Hard to know if he is just one of those who peaked later in their career. Unless you’re relying on express pace like 155 KPH, some pacers typically peak around age 28 through 36 in test cricket when they have their skills down to a science.
 
He's up there with the best in the world on good pitches. Such a brilliant seam bowler in favourable conditions.

On flat roads, he doesn't have a weapon other than his accuracy, and he doesn't seem to have any strategy against the sloggers - the "Bazball" English took to him by ignoring traditional shots, running down the wicket and lofting over fieldsmen, lap shots and ramps, etc. His accuracy and consistency was turned into a weakness. He's not fast enough to trouble them with bounce, so without sideways movement he needs another trick (change of pace and sleight of hand variations).

He's the 4th pace bowler, much like Fleming was stuck behind McGrath/Lee/Gillespie - he'll retire 50 tests and 200 wickets short of where he could have.
 
Maybe Buffet can also tell us Boland is the best bowler in history, suprassing Wasim and Waqar and Bumrah seeing as unlike Bumrah he has helped his team 2 major Test series.
 
Best bowling average against India in Test matches since 2000 (minimum 15 wickets).

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Scott Boland well is 34 years old, quite strange but yes hard to be in playing XI when you have Starc Cummins Hazlewood, that's 800+ Test wickets :holding
 
Pakpak said:
Maybe Buffet can also tell us Boland is the best bowler in history, suprassing Wasim and Waqar and Bumrah seeing as unlike Bumrah he has helped his team 2 major Test series.
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Buffet has time and again said that he judges pace bowlers by how they did away, So why will he say that about Boland who averages 48 away ?
Seriously, you guys should take a course on logic somewhere.
 
SUch a likable guy. Given his age and his niche skills he may not play a whole lot of Tests. But he can be added as 4th seamer as well alongwith Hazlewood. They can sit Lyon out if they are going to offer pitch like this. Head can share the overs.
 
Best bowling average in Test cricket (min. 50 wickets):

10.75 - George Lohmann (112 wkts)
12.70 - JJ Ferris (61 wkts)
15.54 - Billy Barnes (51 wkts)
16.42 - Billy Bates (50 wkts)
16.43 - Sydney Barnes (189 wkts)
16.53 - Charles Turner (101 wkts)
16.98 - Bobby Peel (101 wkts)
17.67 - Scott Boland (56 wkts)
 
Cummins likely to miss Sri Lanka tour which may give Boland a spot in the playing eleven.
 
Boland in the dark on World Test Championship Final selection

Scott Boland put forward his case for selection ahead of Josh Hazlewood less than a week out from the Ultimate Test.

Australia quick Scott Boland has admitted he remains in the dark whether he will win a spot in the playing XI for his side's ICC World Test Championship defence against South Africa at Lord's next week.

Boland was one of Australia's best bowlers when they won their first World Test Championship mace at The Oval in 2023 and has further boosted his credentials in recent times by playing a starring role in helping the team win the Border-Gavaskar series against India earlier this year.

But Boland remains in a head-to-head battle with IPL-winning seamer Josh Hazelwood for one fast bowling spot in the Ultimate Test against the Proteas that commences on June 11 and the experienced 36-year-old revealed he has been given no communication from selectors about his spot in the XI.

"I haven't had any chats with them (selectors)," Boland said in London on Thursday.

"My goal coming into the last two months is just to get myself and my body in the position where I can put my hand up and be ready to go if it (selection) goes my way.

"I probably felt like back into the Shield season (Australian domestic red-ball competition) my knee was sort of not wearing away but wasn't going how I wanted it to go and didn't feel like I was bowling how I wanted, but now I feel like I'm in a really good spot that I can bowl how I want to bowl.

"It's pulling up really well so that's all I can do and I just want to make that decision (for selectors) as hard as possible."

The one advantage Boland does have over Hazlewood is that he managed a lengthy spell at training in Beckenham on Wednesday as the Aussies snuck in their first practice session since arriving in the United Kingdom.

Hazlewood only landed in London later that same night after he won the IPL Final with Royal Challengers Bangalore and persistent rain in the nation’s capital on Thursday saw training cancelled and robbed the consistent seamer the chance for a first session with his Australian teammates.

Boland knows how good Hazlewood can be when he is at full fitness, but further pushed his own case for selection by pointing out he has collected a total of 16 wickets in his most recent two Test appearances for Australia and is coming off a 10-wicket match haul in the deciding Border-Gavaskar contest against India.

"I feel like I had a couple of really strong games (during the Border-Gavaskar series), but Josh is obviously a world-class bowler. He's one of the best bowlers in the world, coming off a really good IPL so I'm sure he'll be doing the same thing here (to push his case for selection),” Boland noted.

"Obviously we all want to play, but there's probably not room for all of us."

If Boland does win selection for Australia in the World Test Championship Final it will be the first time he has ever played at the iconic Lord's venue and the burly right-armer admitted featuring at the Home of Cricket would be extra special if he does receive the chance.

"I'd love to play at Lord's," Boland said.

"I think everyone's looking forward to getting there for training in a few days' time and then getting to the game as it's a pretty special place for cricket."

ICC
 
Among bowlers who have delivered at least 2,000 balls in Test cricket since 1915, Boland now holds the best bowling average — a staggering 17.33.

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Cricket Warrior said:
Among bowlers who have delivered at least 2,000 balls in Test cricket since 1915, Boland now holds the best bowling average — a staggering 17.33.

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Its 16 now after that Hattrick.

How has this man not played more for Aus? He is 36 now. He is easily > Hazlewood as a bowler.

This guy is mcgrath level accurate and could have easily been the next mcgrath.

The only difference between the 2 is that every single Mcgrath delivery was aimed at the 3rd offstump line while Boland's delivery is aimed at the middle stump.

Boland is so tricky to play, you can't miss otherwise plumb LBW each and every time. What a bowler? Seriously how did he not make his debut 15 years earlier?
 
mominsaigol said:
Its 16 now after that Hattrick.

How has this man not played more for Aus? He is 36 now. He is easily > Hazlewood as a bowler.

This guy is mcgrath level accurate and could have easily been the next mcgrath.

The only difference between the 2 is that every single Mcgrath delivery was aimed at the 3rd offstump line while Boland's delivery is aimed at the middle stump.

Boland is so tricky to play, you can't miss otherwise plumb LBW each and every time. What a bowler? Seriously how did he not make his debut 15 years earlier?
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Our selectors have a habit of playing favourites and not backing talents amongst all the success stories.
 
Ice Man said:
Our selectors have a habit of playing favourites and not backing talents amongst all the success stories.
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I didnt notice him much until BGT where I was impressed. Ignore the trolls who live in cricinfo and cant use their eyes.

Boland's quality is the same as Mcgrath's. Each and every delivery is the exact same which makes it a nightmare for the batsmen.

Mcgrath is better since the 3rd offstump line is far harder to play due to that angle and mchrath could vary as well

But Boland is deadly. His deliveries aren't anything special and bowling in the middle stump line isn’t too hard to play but when every single delivery is consistently being bowled in that era theirs way too much pressure on the batter.

He cannot miss, he has no choice but to get some bat on it otherwise its out or clean bowled.

It also adds pressure if tailenders are batting since a batter would know that a tailender stands no chance of playing him. A tailedner is defo missing and getting lbw or clean bowled.

These types of consistency bowlers will always beat variety bowlers like.wasim akram, Dale steyn and even lesser ones like Shaheen etc etc.
 
In the last 100 years of Test Cricket…

No bowler in men’s cricket has taken more wickets at a better average than Scott Boland.

62 wickets
16.53 average
 
Ice Man said:
He's up there with the best in the world on good pitches. Such a brilliant seam bowler in favourable conditions.

On flat roads, he doesn't have a weapon other than his accuracy, and he doesn't seem to have any strategy against the sloggers - the "Bazball" English took to him by ignoring traditional shots, running down the wicket and lofting over fieldsmen, lap shots and ramps, etc. His accuracy and consistency was turned into a weakness. He's not fast enough to trouble them with bounce, so without sideways movement he needs another trick (change of pace and sleight of hand variations).

He's the 4th pace bowler, much like Fleming was stuck behind McGrath/Lee/Gillespie - he'll retire 50 tests and 200 wickets short of where he could have.
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i think this is a fair analysis. He is lethal when the pitch helps and quite ordinary otherwise.
 
Scott Boland, who has played 14 of Australia's 39 Tests since his 2021 debut, has the sixth-best bowling average in Test history (minimum 50 wickets), and the best of any bowler in the past 100 years
 
Ball Blazer said:
Scott Boland, who has played 14 of Australia's 39 Tests since his 2021 debut, has the sixth-best bowling average in Test history (minimum 50 wickets), and the best of any bowler in the past 100 years
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Better then Bumrah in every capacity. Goat bowler
 
No Ashes 'Big Four', but Boland's Bazball battle remains

He took a hat-trick in his last Test but the Victorian does not expect Australia's pace quartet will play all together again this summer

After multiple pre-teens pogoed him into the Yarra River on Wednesday afternoon, Scott Boland may be grateful the Ashes are still 100 days away.

To mark the occasion, the man with the best Test bowling average since World War One dutifully bowled rubber balls to passers-by at Southbank for the best part of half-an-hour as a mascot urn watched on. It was Boland’s first stint rolling the arm over since taking a hat-trick in Jamaica a month ago.

The match ball he used to help roll West Indies for 27, like the ones tonked into Melbourne's main waterway, is long gone.

"Starcy's still got it," a grinning Boland said of the pink Dukes pocketed by Mitchell Starc after the left-armer took his 400th wicket in his 100th Test. "I haven't seen it."

Damien Fleming famously had a hat-trick delivery dropped in the slips. Another Victorian quick is now resigned to an even more brutal fate: getting dropped altogether after a hat-trick.

And that's because no bowler has more wickets at Perth Stadium, the venue for the NRMA Insurance Ashes opener on November 21, than Nathan Lyon, the shock omission for that third Test in the Caribbean – which means a Starc-Cummins-Hazlewood-Boland reunion, the pace-bowling Mount Rushmore, should remain a one-off for now.

"I hope so – but probably not in Australia," Boland said of the potential for four frontline seamers being unleashed on England this summer. "Nathan's one of the best spin bowlers in the world, he can bowl in any conditions.

"He's been the glue to our bowling line-up over the last few years. Then you'll probably see Greeny (Cameron Green) coming back (from back surgery) and bowling, so that probably hurts the chances of four quicks as well."

Still, Boland is up for the task of taking on what has been his only Kryptonite in Test cricket to date: Bazball.

The burly right-armer took two wickets in as many Tests in the 2023 Ashes in the United Kingdom at an average of 115.50, as Ben Stokes' revamped England picked him off on better batting surfaces than the ones they first encountered him on in Australia in 2021-22.

Two years on, aged 36, is he a better bowler now? "I'd say so," Boland said. "Even though I'm getting older, I still think my skills are getting better.

"Even though I'm in the twilight of my career, I'm still learning about what's helping me and what's getting me able to perform at 100 per cent.

"I've thought about (the 2023 Ashes) a lot since it happened. I still think there were times in England when I bowled pretty well, I just didn't get a wicket. I'm a better bowler than I was back then and (this Ashes) is going to be in conditions I know really well."

Australia coach Andrew McDonald has tasked Boland with finding a way to stave off Father Time. "'Ronnie' (McDonald) sort of, not challenged me, but asked me … is there anything we can make a bit different to make sure my body's at a really high level the whole time?"

A more focused approach to each Test series, a refined gym program, plus the installation of a sauna at his house in Melbourne's bayside 'burbs, has Boland optimistic he can keep the ankle and knee issues that have hindered him in recent times at bay.

"I just want to keep going," he said. "Keep my body as good as I can for as long as I can."

He expects to play two or three of Victoria’s Sheffield Shield matches before the Ashes.

For all his international success, Boland is yet to play the opening match of a home Test summer. Perth remains the only main Australian ground he’s not played at. The durability of the other three quicks saw him miss seven consecutive Tests through the 2023-24 season. Barring Jamaica, he has only ever played when one of the others has missed.

What could play in his favour is the gradual decrease in breaks between these five upcoming Ashes Tests. Nine-day gaps between the first and second Tests, and second and third Tests, give way to a pair of four-day gaps between Tests three, four and five. Put another way, the Ashes’ first two matches are spread over two-and-a-half weeks; its final three matches are packed into a tight three weeks.

Again, there are lessons from Boland's 14-Test career.

The paceman recalls how difficult it had been to back up after last summer's Boxing Day triumph over India, achieved in the final session of a five-day epic. Less than 100 hours had elapsed by the time the same three frontline speedsters (Boland, Starc and Pat Cummins) were bowling again on day one of the New Year's Test in Sydney.

"There's such good breaks in between the first two Tests (this summer) that it gives whoever plays an opportunity to really reset and freshen up," said Boland.

"Going from last year we had a three-day break in between (the final two Border-Gavaskar Trophy Tests). We bowled the last session here in Melbourne, to bowling again the first session in Sydney.

"It's hard work and it probably does take you a session or two to get everything moving again as much as you try and … replicate match intensity. That's probably another thing I learned: I felt like I was ready going into the first morning, but I still felt really sore and tired."

When Boland was unveiled as Australia's secret weapon midway through the '21-22 Ashes, England were a fractured team on the brink of a monumental shift in outlook.

They will return as a far more settled and confident outfit. Boland, however, believes their hyper-aggressive batting approach will be more difficult to pull off on Australian surfaces.

And as much as his focus remains squarely on the Xs and Os, even one of Australian cricket's most reserved characters could not help but bristle a little when asked about the prospect of some old-fashioned Ashes sledging this summer.

"They can do whatever they want when they're playing," Boland said when asked about England's more hostile recent on-field demeanour, notable in their thrilling 2-2 series draw with India at home.

"I think we've been pretty consistent in the way we've played since I've been in and around the squad the last four years. Nothing much has changed in how we play our cricket.

"Even going forward, it's just going to be whoever wins those big moments in the games. We've got match-winners with the bat and with the ball.

"So yeah, if they want to sledge, that's fine. I don't think it's going to worry our guys too much."

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