1. Scott Michael Boland was born on 11 April 1989 and is an Australian international cricketer.
28 Facts About Scott Boland
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Scott Boland was a member of the Australian team that won the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final.
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Scott Boland was born in Mordialloc, Melbourne, Victoria, and attended St John Vianney's Primary School, Parkdale and St Bede's College, Mentone.
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Scott Boland then rose through the ranks of Parkdale Cricket Club, before joining Victorian Premier Cricket club Frankston Peninsula at age 16, to further his cricketing development.
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Scott Boland played 9 matches in the Shield this season, taking 19 wickets at an average of 37.73.
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Scott Boland played every match of Victoria's Matador Cup campaign, claiming 9 wickets across the season at an average of 35.22, including defending 8 runs from the final over against New South Wales to win the game for the Victorian side.
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Scott Boland took 7 wickets at 37.28 in the Matador Cup competition, another consistent season in the competition.
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Scott Boland's was mainstay of Victoria's JLT One-Day cup, taking 6 wickets at 63.50 for the tournament.
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For Victoria in the Sheffield Shield Scott Boland took 48 wickets, the most from Victoria, at a miserly average of 19.66.
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Scott Boland made his Twenty20 International debut for Australia against India on 29 January 2016.
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Scott Boland was selected to debut against India in the first match of the series, at the WACA ground.
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Notwithstanding this poor return on debut, Scott Boland played for the rest of the series for Australia.
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Scott Boland would pick up only 1 wicket across the other 4 games, conceding 259 runs in the process.
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Scott Boland was called into the squad after an injury to fellow Victorian John Hastings, and toured with the Australian squad, being named in the squad for two matches, one of which was cancelled due to weather.
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Scott Boland's next run in the ODI team was in Australia's tour of Sri Lanka in July and August 2016, where Boland played in two of the five ODI matches on the tour, and one of the T20 internationals.
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In 2018, Scott Boland was selected in the Aboriginal XI that toured England to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the 1868 Aboriginal team that traveled to England.
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Scott Boland was a standout on the tour, with some commentators noting he was unplayable at times.
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Scott Boland made his Test debut on 26 December 2021, against England.
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Scott Boland had his baggy green cap presented to him by Josh Hazlewood.
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Scott Boland played in the three final Tests of the Ashes series, taking 18 wickets at an average of 9.55.
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In 2022, Scott Boland was selected for the second Test match in a two match Test series against the West Indies.
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Scott Boland was selected in the following Test series against South Africa, playing the first two Tests matches.
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In June 2023, Scott Boland was selected to play in the ICC World Test Final at The Oval against India.
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Scott Boland was a main part of the win in the test for Australia.
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Scott Boland was selected to play in the Adelaide pink ball test, and returned to the playing XI for the 4th and 5th Tests at Melbourne and Sydney after Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of the series due to injury.
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Scott Boland finished the series with 21 wickets in 6 innings at an average of 13.02, the third most wickets in the series after Jasprit Bumrah and Pat Cummins, with an average that only the former surpassed.
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In 2017, Scott Boland's family discovered that his grandfather, John Edward, was Aboriginal, from the Gulidjan tribe in the Colac area of Victoria.
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Scott Boland has a brother, Nick, who played professional cricket, for Victoria's Future League side.