Cricket: Travis Head is set to overcome an injury scare to play in the Boxing Day test, while debutant Sam Konstas and Scott Boland will also have the chance to step up and keep Australia's hopes of a series win alive.
MCG provides "an amazing opportunity" | 02:36Before Scott Boland had even bowled a ball this Boxing Day Test, the MCG’s iconic Bay 13 was ecstatic with his presence.Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer .
As Boland began warming up in the second session of Day 2 at the ‘G , a local battler stood up proudly to cheers of: ‘Skull, skull, skull, skull!’.Source: Getty Images Fans mimic Head as he impersonates Merv Hughes during day two of the second Test between Australia and Pakistan at the MCG on December 27, 2023 Eleven years after Hughes’ antics, legend leg-spinner Warne was forced to approach the aforementioned section... in a helmet.
‘Warnie’ strolled out to the middle, borrowed the helmet of batter Mark Waugh who was at the crease, and politely pleaded with the crowd to tone it down a notch and stopHelmet in hand, ‘The King’ was able to single-handedly tame Bay 13’s antics, and for once let the Poms off easy!Fast forward to 2024, and it’s now Boland who rules the roost in their presence. And there’s no doubt that Bay 13 loves “Boland because he’s a Victorian”.
All the anticipation and all the theatre led up perfectly to Boland’s first wicket of the match, where he nicked off Indian veteran Virat Kohli less than 20 minutes before stumps on Day 2. Boland ended the day with exquisite figures of 2/24, with the whole of the sporting Colosseum clapping him in to bowl for the last half an hour of play.
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