MELBOURNE: Australian seamer Scott Boland will play the Boxing Day second Test in opposition to South Africa in Melbourne with an “underdone” Josh Hazlewood once more lacking out, captain Pat Cummins mentioned Sunday.
Boland changed injured quick bowler Hazlewood within the opening Test at Brisbane and was a key performer together with his red-hot kind making him just about undroppable.
He is now assured of one other Test on his residence floor — the place he took an unbelievable 6-7 on debut in opposition to England a yr in the past, cementing himself into Ashes folklore.
Cummins instructed reporters the workforce was unchanged from the facet that gained by six wickets inside two days on a hostile bowler-friendly Gabba pitch in Brisbane final week.
“We gave Joshy every chance, (but) it just got to a stage where (he) more than anyone else felt like he was a little bit underdone,” he mentioned.
“It’s a mark of the man really, he himself said ‘don’t feel quite right’, so he kind of pulled himself out of selection.
“We speak so much about how (as) a workforce we want a squad mentality, and I feel it is one other nice instance.”
Hazlewood missed Australia’s last two Tests in Adelaide and Brisbane due to a side strain but had been training hard in the build-up to Melbourne, where hot and humid conditions are expected.
Boland has taken 25 wickets at 10.33 since his debut at the MCG a year ago and said Friday he was hoping his local knowledge would give him the edge over Hazlewood.
“We’re in a very good place with our fast-bowling shares,” he said.
“We’ve mentioned it during the last little bit that it is going to take 5, six, seven quick bowlers to get by 5 Tests right here (at residence), 4 in India after which one other 5 – 6 in England (subsequent yr).
The Boxing Day Test shall be David Warner’s one centesimal, with the opener striving to finish a lean run that has seen some query his place within the facet.
He is simply 78 runs shy of 8,000 Test runs and has vowed to get again to his greatest.
“This might be a wicket where I can go out and play like the old me,” he mentioned.
Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins (capt), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
Boland changed injured quick bowler Hazlewood within the opening Test at Brisbane and was a key performer together with his red-hot kind making him just about undroppable.
He is now assured of one other Test on his residence floor — the place he took an unbelievable 6-7 on debut in opposition to England a yr in the past, cementing himself into Ashes folklore.
Cummins instructed reporters the workforce was unchanged from the facet that gained by six wickets inside two days on a hostile bowler-friendly Gabba pitch in Brisbane final week.
“We gave Joshy every chance, (but) it just got to a stage where (he) more than anyone else felt like he was a little bit underdone,” he mentioned.
“It’s a mark of the man really, he himself said ‘don’t feel quite right’, so he kind of pulled himself out of selection.
“We speak so much about how (as) a workforce we want a squad mentality, and I feel it is one other nice instance.”
Hazlewood missed Australia’s last two Tests in Adelaide and Brisbane due to a side strain but had been training hard in the build-up to Melbourne, where hot and humid conditions are expected.
Boland has taken 25 wickets at 10.33 since his debut at the MCG a year ago and said Friday he was hoping his local knowledge would give him the edge over Hazlewood.
“We’re in a very good place with our fast-bowling shares,” he said.
“We’ve mentioned it during the last little bit that it is going to take 5, six, seven quick bowlers to get by 5 Tests right here (at residence), 4 in India after which one other 5 – 6 in England (subsequent yr).
The Boxing Day Test shall be David Warner’s one centesimal, with the opener striving to finish a lean run that has seen some query his place within the facet.
He is simply 78 runs shy of 8,000 Test runs and has vowed to get again to his greatest.
“This might be a wicket where I can go out and play like the old me,” he mentioned.
Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins (capt), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland