Scott Boland: Are you on board with him?
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Would I be correct in saying Boland has only played 3 tests outside Australia and all in England.
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Nope played a Test in India. Was economical without really threatening.
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Would be picking Boland in front of Starc and Hazlewood when playing in Australia. His form overseas hasn't been great but I think he deserves a few mroe games to see if he can imrpove it.
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Think people are still sleeping on just how good Hazlewood is.
280 wickets @ 24 is pretty special. Now his body is a concern and you have to weigh that up and i get the want for Boland in the team but it is not as simple as just Boland being a clear cut better choice.
We have 4 high quality quicks with more often than not 3 available spots.
280 wickets @ 24 is pretty special. Now his body is a concern and you have to weigh that up and i get the want for Boland in the team but it is not as simple as just Boland being a clear cut better choice.
We have 4 high quality quicks with more often than not 3 available spots.
He bowl a consistent line and length so batters charge at him and easily swing through where the ball is, need to use the yorker or slower ball as he isn't fast enough to just bang the ball short when they do this.
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great problem to have and may be critical in rotating the 4 in next years ashes where back to back matches occur. in hindsight hazlewood shouldn't have played in brisbane, when we had someone like boland waiting in the wings.
hopefully morris, jhye, spencer johnson and co are all pressing hard, this time next year as they all can't go on forever.
I like how you screenshotted a list of the best Test averages, but somehow left out the actual averages
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I like how you screenshotted a list of the best Test averages, but somehow left out the actual averages
I have great faith in the bigfooty community's ability to quickly calculate wickets/runs.
Especially when the answer is around 10.
You realise most of us are morons, right?
Bigfooty is a magnet for our best and brightest..
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Hazelwood took 35 wickets at 13 so people definitely have that out of sight, out of mind mentality
We should be rotating Boland, Starc and Hazelwood given their age and injury history.
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Yes.
But I'm not sure he goes to Sri Lanka.
I'm not sure Starc goes either for that matter (and I know Cummins won't be).
Starc has 29 wickets @ 17 in Sri Lanka.
He has done well on similar pitches in the WI where he averages 17.92.
If any quick plays Sri Lanka it should be Starc.
I've been his biggest hater the last 10 years, but it's the best I've seen him bowl in years. Most years he bowled absolute shit and eeked out wickets, particularly on the tail. His relatively poor record vs our other quicks still flattered him.
However, I thought he was genuinely unlucky for most of the summer. Looked by far Australia's most dangerous bowler for a lot of it. Boland got the edges, but I'd love to see the play and miss stats.
It's the most control I've seen him bowl with, with a red ball, maybe ever.
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Yikes.
Ok; just logged in to say you're right, I'm wrong on that one!
Hopefully Starc can get his body right again - not a Starc hater by any means though, for the record
