Australia skipper Pat Cummins mentioned choosing Scott Boland (in motion) forward of Neser because the third pacer, was “no surprise” contemplating the variability the Victorian supplied. File photograph
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Australia captain Pat Cummins confirmed fellow quick bowler Scott Boland will play the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India starting at The Oval on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.
Australia had added Michael Neser to their 15-man squad after Josh Hazlewood was dominated out of the one-off contest with a facet pressure and an Achilles problem.
The Australia skipper mentioned choosing Boland forward of Neser because the third pacer, behind Cummins and Mitchell Starc, was “no surprise” contemplating the variability the Victorian supplied.
“We’re big on everyone bowling slightly differently,” Cummins instructed reporters on the eve of the match.
“Scotty is a seam bowler on a good length, but he just offers something slightly different to Joshy Hazlewood, and Starcy being a left hander is bit different.
“I do not suppose there’s ever a pecking order. You take into consideration the three guys that you really want to exit and play.”
For Boland, who has 28 wickets from seven tests with an extraordinary average of 13.42, it would be his first test in England.
Boland experienced English conditions on a tour with an Indigenous team of cricketers in 2018 and Cummins said he was convinced the 34-year-old would not need to overhaul his bowling approach to succeed.
“Because the ball does discuss just a little extra, I’ve seen gamers get too caught up in attempting to take wickets each ball since you’ve all of the sudden obtained the ball swinging and seaming,” Cummins said.
“Someone like Scotty, it is only a actually easy game-plan – you hit your good areas and also you keep there all day and hopefully the ball will do the give you the results you want.”
Seam-bowling all-rounder Cameron Green and off-spinner Nathan Lyon full Australia’s formidable assault.
Cummins acknowledged they would want to fastidiously handle Green’s bowling workload particularly because the all-rounder switches format following his T20 stint in the current Indian Premier League.
