Australian fast bowler Scott Boland reflects on his remarkable Test debut and his role as the team's super sub.
If Australia bowl first on Boxing Day, at some point the ground announcer will herald a change. “From the Members’ end … Scott Boland .” And the sold-out crowd will roar in expectant acclaim. Boland can recall how nervous he felt, and how relieved he was to get out of the way the over he had waited until he was 32 years old to bowl. “It’s funny.
All I wanted to do from when I was growing up was play Test cricket, and then I was walking off at lunch, and I was like, ‘Geez, I’m glad it’s done’,” he said.At lunch two days later, it was all over. Australia had beaten England by an innings, Boland had taken an improbable 6-7 in the second innings and As he gazed out this week over the vastness of both in its workaday Sheffield Shield emptiness and its soaring Test match glory, he looked back at that day in wonder. “I thought it was going to be a bit of a slog that day,” he said. “I still can’t believe it, really. I only bowled 24 balls or something like that. I guess it was all those years I’d put in playing for Victoria on wickets out there that weren’t in my favour as much. It all sort of worked out on that one day. It’s become his permanent job, super sub. In the intervening three years, he has toured five countries with Australia, but played only 11 of a possible 33 Tests. Before the Adelaide game two weeks ago, he hadn’t played one for 18 months. But in the matches he has played, he’s taken 40 wickets at 20.4 and has a 9-2 record. “I’d love to play every game,” he said. “But I’m comfortable with my position in the squad. I know that in front of me are three of the best fast bowlers Australia’s ever had.” Boland knows the score. “Test cricket is hard on your body,” he said. “I feel like there’s always going to be a bit of natural rotation through people picking up little niggles or just a bit sore from having bowled a lot.Last year was a bit of a one-off where those three guys got through seven Tests in a row unscathed. It shows how good they ar
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